Has the moon seemed exceptionally noticeable this winter? There’s a reason: The full moon currently never sets for many Alaskans. During the winter of 2023-2024, we are passing through a period when the moon is at one extreme in its precession cycle. The full moon is now higher in the sky than it will be […]
(Ketchikan, AK) –Last week, Superior Court Judge Katherine Lybrand sentenced 72-year-old Dwight “Chris” John to 50 years with 30 years suspended and 20 years to serve for a conviction for sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. John was initially charged with multiple sexual offenses, based on conduct from April 2017 to April 2022. […]
WASHINGTON — Last month, Native Alaskans on Little Diomede Island awoke to see their city office collapsing into the community school next door. For the Ingalikmiut people [Inupiat] in the Bering Strait, halfway between Siberia and the Alaska mainland, this was the latest crushing evidence of the impact of climate change in the Arctic. “Looking at […]
At 5:45 pm on Thursday evening Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a multiple gunfire incident at a Wasilla residence and responded to the scene. Upon arrival, troopers would find to men, 50-year-old Patrick Kammermeyer and 57-year-old William Nunley, both of Wasilla fatally shot. They were both declared deceased at the scene. A preliminary investigation […]