It was announced by U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler of the Justice Department on Thursday that two Soldotna men were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for trafficking synthetic cannabinoids commonly referred to as “Spice,” as well as firearms offenses. Business-owner of Tobacco Distress, Inc 33-year-old Philip Drake Kneeland and William Donald Vincent Dooley, both […]
US President Barack Obama has vetoed legislation that would repeal major portions of his signature domestic achievement: the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The bill would also defund the reproductive health organization Planned Parenthood. “Because of the harm this bill would cause to the health and financial security of millions of Americans, it […]
An early morning hit and run collision on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway resulted in a Palmer man being jailed on a multitude of charges on Thursday. Alaska State Troopers in Wasilla received a “report of a hit and run collision involving a stolen vehicle” on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway near the Seward Meridian Parkway in Wasilla at […]
On Thursday, the full House will consider H.R. 538, the “Native American Energy Act”, introduced by Alaska Congressman Don Young. The bill, which passed committee on September 10, 2015, works to promote energy development on Indian and Alaska Native Corporation lands by expediting, streamlining, and standardizing the process for obtaining appraisals and permits. For too […]