Juneau – Representative Bryce Edgmon (D-Dillingham) has released the following statement in response to the settlement of a lawsuit between the Environmental Protection Agency and the developer of the proposed Pebble Mine. The settlement forces the EPA to back off from its finding under the Clean Water act that a mine would do severe damage […]
No injuries were reported in a hard landing of a Piper PA-22 that occurred on an airstrip located near Gas Well Road and Jones Stub Road in Soldotna on Monday. At 5:25 pm on Monday afternoon, troopers responded to that Soldotna location after receiving a report that an aircraft had crashed. Upon their arrival, troopers […]
Fairbanks-based troopers, on Monday, report that they received a report from a business-owner in Fox, that his business was riddled with bullet holes. At 8 am on Monday, troopers went to the business to investigate the incident and found that the business had been shot at at least five times with a .45 caliber firearm. […]
A powerful aftershock shook New Zealand’s South Island Monday, just hours after being hit by a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake. “It looks as though it’s the infrastructure that’s the biggest problem,” said Civil Defense Minister Gerry Brownlee after flying over the affected area with Prime Minister John Key. A slip dam caused by earthquakes had blocked […]