CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A study reported in the journal Science offers an enhanced view of the origins and ultimate fate of the first dogs in the Americas. The dogs were not domesticated North American wolves, as some have speculated, but likely followed their human counterparts over a land bridge that once connected North Asia and the Americas, […]
Anchorage police responded to a shots-fired call at 5:41 am from the 200-block of 12th Avenue on Monday morning to find that three men, posing as APD officers had forced their way into an apartment there and said, “they were there to rescue a dog that was reported stolen.” They attempted to steal one of […]
Alaska Wildlife Troopers reported that they believe that a Brown Bear shooting that occurred in Sitka on Tuesday was a legitimate defense of life and property, according to a post on the trooper dispatch this morning. According to AST, the Sitka Police alerted wildlife troopers that “a homeowner in the 2400 block of Sawmill Creek […]
A trooper responding to a disturbance call in Anchor Point encountered and had to fend of a female suspect at the scene, the trooper dispatch reported on Tuesday. On Monday, the Soldotna Dispatch received a call reporting a disturbance at an Anchor Point residence at 9:41 pm and troopers responded to the scene and contacted 30-year-old […]