Two Alaska State Troopers indicted on federal criminal civil rights violations

Two Alaska State Troopers indicted on federal criminal civil rights violations

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment Tuesday charging two Alaska State Troopers with federal criminal civil rights violations while serving in the line of duty during an incident in May 2024. According to court documents, on May 24, 2024, Joseph Miller, 50, and Jason Woodruff, 43, acting in their […]

Recent tundra fires ‘exceed anything in past 3,000 years’

Recent tundra fires ‘exceed anything in past 3,000 years’

Wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences. The study was conducted in Arctic Alaska by an international team of researchers from Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Romania and the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Toolik Field […]