It was early on Sunday morning that Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a 1998 Chevy Pickup near the intersection of the Palmer-Wasilla Highway and the Parks Highway for equipment violations and came into contact with 30-year-old Richard Campos. When troopers stopped the vehicle, Campos fled the vehicle on foot, eluding the trooper. […]
A bait supplier in Oregon has pled guilty and paid a $2,000 settlement for shipping uncertified Pacific herring bait into Michigan. The uncertified bait poses a disease risk to Michigan waters as it is a known carrier of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSv). In May, the Department of Natural Resources’ Great Lakes Enforcement Unit began investigating […]
Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan reported via a trooper dispatch on Saturday that an inmate with the Ketchikan Correctional Center attempted to escape from custody at the Ketchikan Courthouse on Friday. Troopers reported that 26-year-old Tiffany Martinez, who has open cases for indecent exposure and vehicle theft, attempted to escape after her hearing. It was reported […]
On Sunday, October 12, a ruling in US District Court by US District Judge Timothy Burgess’s was issued overturning the 16 year ban on same-sex marriage in the state of Alaska. It was in 1998, the state of Alaska, along with Hawaii, passed an amendment defining marriage as a union between a man and woman. […]