Findings published amid push to gut public oversight and environmental review for new mines Today Earthworks, along with four Alaska conservation, environmental health and justice organizations, released a report on the extensive record of spills and pollution violations at Alaska’s five major operating hardrock mines: Red Dog, Fort Knox, Pogo, Kensington and Greens […]
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A paratrooper from the 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment was found unresponsive in his barracks room here Saturday, March 7, and later pronounced dead. Emergency responders transported Spc. Jason Alexander Thomas, an infantryman, to the 673d Medical Group hospital where medical personnel continued life-saving […]
A Homer suspect has been charged with attempted murder and other charges following a domestic violence incident in that community during the early morning hours on Monday, Alaska State Troopers reported today. Troopers, along with Homer Police responded to a Homer area residence at 2:16 am on Monday following a call reporting a domestic […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The Office of the Governor Monday announced the Conversations with Alaskans community visits and public town hall meetings in Kenai, Seward, and Homer have been suspended, allowing Governor Mike Dunleavy to remain closely connected to federal and local partners while monitoring the rapidly-evolving information in regard to the novel coronavirus. “We […]