Senator Lisa Murkowski today continued to advocate for Arctic investment with her colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. While discussing the Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security funding bill, Murkowski insisted that the committee focus more on Arctic issues like maritime commerce, natural resource development, Coast Guard search and rescue, and the critical […]
Juneau, Alaska – In an effort to relieve some of the burden on small employers, Governor Sean Parnell Monday signed House Bill 141, dealing with workers’ compensation. By defining the rates for out-of-state services, HB 141 eliminates the potential for workers’ compensation claims provided in another state to be billed at Alaska’s higher rates for […]
An earthquake measuring a magnitude 7.9 struck the western Aleutians, early Monday afternoon at 12:53 pm, triggering Tsunami warnings throughout the immediate area from Nikolski to Attu and a tsunami evaluation for all other coastal areas in the state and beyond. The earthquake was generated at a depth of 66.8 miles according to the Earthquake Hazard Program at […]
The search for a French National, that began on Friday when a damaged kayak and backpacks were found washed ashore five miles north of Swishak Lagoon near Cape Douglas in Shelikof Straits, was suspended after two days of searching by the U.S. Coast Guard helicopters in the air and by water searches by Katmai Park Rangers […]
After receiving a report of an overturned skiff in the Ugashik River near Pilot Point with four people in the water at 8:55 am on Sunday morning, the United States Coast Guard , Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Trooper’s Helo-3 responded to the scene. The preliminary investigation at the scene found that the four men […]
Late on Saturday night at approximately 11 pm, Alaska State Troopers responded to a residential alarm at a residence on Kim Avenue in WIllow. Troopers noticed after they arrived that items had been rifled through outside the residence, but the dwelling itself had not been entered. When following up on the alarm on Sunday, troopers […]
Troopers can thank the National Geographic TV series “Alaska State Troopers” for at least one arrest that took place without any effort on the part of Anchorage State Troopers. That, and the courtesy shown to offenders by troopers on the show. On Friday evening at approximately 6;20 pm, troopers were approached by a man and woman in the […]
A Soldotna man fled police after a traffic stop at mile 73 of the Seward Highway on Sunday afternoon. Troopers pulled over a blue Ford Focus for an equipment violation early Sunday afternoon. When contacting the driver of the vehicle, the driver would give troopers a false name before speeding off in his car. A […]
The man sought by by Fairbanks police after a June 18th escape during an arrest has been re-captured during a multiple agency raid in North Pole in a late-night raid on Saturday night. Fairbanks police had been searching for 28-year-old Julius “JT” Chambers since his escape last Tuesday night. He escaped their grasp on that night […]