Fatal falls overboard keep commercial fishing in the top ranks of most dangerous jobs in America, and yet many commercial harvesters still resist wearing the personal floatation devices (PFD) that might save their lives in such incidents. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that from 2000 through 2016 […]
An AST car chase ended in a crash near Kittiwake and Shady Grove in Wasilla on Monday night, the trooper dispatch reported on Tuesday. According to the report, a trooper on patrol attempted a traffic stop on a green Dodge SUV on Vine Road near Country Wood at 8:26 pm on Monday evening, but instead […]
The former Director of the Cold Bay Public Library, 36-year-old Alicia Peltier, was arrested on a Fraudulent Use of an Access Device, and Theft II warrant on Thursday, the Alaska State Troopers revealed on Friday. According to the APD investigation, Peltier, during her time in the position as Director of the library during the 2016-2017 period, […]
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday in response to North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un that his nuclear button is “bigger” and “more powerful” than Kim’s. In reality, there is no nuclear button. Each nuclear-armed country has its own system for initiating a nuclear strike, however, most depend on the government’s leader to confirm his or […]