John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth, has died at age 95, officials said Thursday. Glenn had been admitted more than a week ago to Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital, according to the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. “When John Glenn blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas […]
Anchorage police say that the man involved in the shooting death of auto shop mechanic, 51-year-old William Schmaus on Tuesday afternoon is being held without bail pending arraignment Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday just after 3 PM, Anchorage police responded to the 1000 block of E. 74th Avenue after a report of a shooting at the […]
November 14, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker today ordered all Alaska State flags be lowered in honor of former Alaska State Representative Joe Ryan, who passed away in Fairbanks on November 7th at the age of 80. Representative Ryan served in the 20th Alaska State Legislature, from 1997-1998. “Representative Ryan was a passionate advocate […]
The body of a 72-year-old Homer man and long-time commercial fisherman, Ken Jones, was discovered floating in the waters of Cook Inlet near the Anchor Point Bluffs early Monday morning. Jones had gone out kayaking in Kachemak Bay on Sunday afternoon, as he had done many times before. Jones would often kayak through the Beluga Slough […]