The Justice Department and US Atty. Karen L Loeffler announced on Thursday that following the guilty plea by ADA Station Communication Inc. and Herschell Becker to three counts of bribing a public official on August 27, 2015, a federal jury in Anchorage found John Becker a.k.a. Jack Becker guilty of two counts of the same […]
President Barack Obama declared climate change to be the defining threat of this century as he began a historic visit to the far northwestern state of Alaska. Speaking Monday at a State Department-sponsored summit on Arctic environmental issues, President Obama said the world is “not acting fast enough” to address climate change. “On this issue […]
ANCHORAGE – Anchorage will host the international GLACIER conference at the Dena’ina Center, bringing over a thousand dignitaries and guests from all over the world. This international conference brings a heightened level of security involving a few street closures downtown for both drivers and pedestrians, specifically surrounding the Dena’ina Center and the Hotel Captain Cook. […]
When Soldotna-based Alaska State troopers responded to a call reporting a disturbance in Cooper Landing early Sunday morning, their investigation resulted in the arrest of a 28-year-old Anchorage woman on the charge of DUI as well as several other charges, the trooper dispatch reports. When troopers traveled to Cooper Landing at 2:16 AM, they contacted Esther […]