Wednesday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) through Fiscal Year 2028. The bill would authorize a total of $175.4 million per year from FY 2024-2028 across the four federal agencies responsible for long-term earthquake risk reduction under NEHRP: the Federal Emergency […]
The female woolly mammoth was 20 years old when she stumbled amid the grasslands. She fell in a cloud of dust, then gasped her last breath of cool air. It was a late-summer day, 14,000 years ago. Over her lifetime, this creature had wandered from Canada’s Yukon territory into Alaska, where she died at […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday, 40-year-old was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Catherine Easter for the murder of 69-year-old Alan Wagers on Jan. 18, 2022. In August 2023, an Anchorage jury found Johnson guilty of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and one count of tampering with physical evidence. At trial, the evidence […]
(Juneau, AK) -Thursday, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced legislation that requires all law enforcement agencies and healthcare providers to participate in a comprehensive statewide Sexual Assault Examination Kit Tracking Program. “Public safety is my top priority and ensuring the swift and transparent tracking of sexual assault examination kits is essential for both accountability and […]
