(STATEWIDE) — Thanks to hunters this fall, expanded efforts by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to learn more about Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, or “M.ovi,” received a welcome boost. Providing specimens from the field, hunters from around the state helped the department collect laboratory samples from more than 330 Dall sheep, 110 mountain goats, 100 caribou, […]
Anchorage, Alaska — More than 30,000 scams were reported to Better Business Bureau’s Scam Tracker in 2016, with 151 reported in Alaska Tax Collection fraud topped the list as the most reported scam in the last year. The following list is based on scams reported by consumers on bbb.org/scamtracker, a free interactive online tool launched […]
The mammal curator and collection staff from the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks will collect humpback whale remains at the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge this week. The 42-foot adult humpback whale washed ashore early last July. “We want the public to understand this collection is authorized under the Marine Mammal […]
Posting selfies is the biggest rage on social media. People want to show the world, or at least their followers, what great things are being done with their life. But, what many people don’t realize is how often law enforcement officers, agents, and investigators use social media as a tool to collect information that may […]