37-year-old Kenai man, Richard Paul Morrison, who was convicted of Meth distribution and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison, it was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder on Wednesday. Morrison, who had previously been convicted of forgery in Oregon in 2000, […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers say that they have located the remains of a man in the southeast community of Peterburg after a four-hour search on Monday night 10 miles south of that town. At 6:52 pm, troopers were notified that 24-year-old Jase Payne had gone missing, and had not been seen since earlier in the day […]
A 14-year-old Savoonga teen collapsed and died during gym class in that community on Tuesday, his death is being investigated. AST reports that they were notified of teen collapsing in the school gym in Savoonga at 2:33 pm on Tuesday. CPR was administered to the teen, identified as Floyd Akeya, but, at 3:32 pm, he […]
DURHAM, N.C. — The H.L. Hunley, the first combat submarine to sink an enemy ship, also instantly killed its own eight-man crew with the powerful explosive torpedo it carried, according to new research from a Duke University Ph.D. in biomedical engineering. The Hunley’s first and last combat mission occurred during the Civil War on Feb. […]