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EPA, State and Local Partners Team up to Address PFAS in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska
EPA Region 10 supports Pacific Northwest and Alaskan efforts to identify and reduce toxic threats SEATTLE (July 29,2020)— Aggressively addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continues to be an active and ongoing priority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA has made significant progress implementing the PFAS Action Plan—a comprehensive cross-agency plan to address an emerging chemical-of-concern that has appeared in ground and drinking water […]
Intoxicated Driver in Yellow Cab Arrested after Multiple Early Morning Incidents
With the assistance of several callers on Monday, Anchorage police executed the arrest of a man who went on an intoxicated rampage in a Yellow cab in the Lake Otis area. The first call into APD was at 1:56 am on Monday morning when they were informed of a Yellow Cab driver “did a […]
Coast Guard, State and Local Authorities Ramp Up for Operation Dry Water
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard, in partnership with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators, local, state and other federal law enforcement agencies are preparing for Operation Dry Water, July 5-7, 2019. Operation Dry Water is a national campaign focused on reducing the number of alcohol and drug related accidents and fatalities […]
Reducing Drinking could help with Smoking Cessation, Research Finds
CORVALLIS, Ore. – If quitting smoking is one of your New Year’s resolutions, you might want to consider cutting back on your drinking, too. New research has found that heavy drinkers who are trying to stop smoking may find that reducing their alcohol use can also help them quit their daily smoking habit. Heavy drinkers’ […]
Troopers Halfway Through Holiday High Visibility Enforcement Efforts
From 12/13/2018 thru 12/26/2018, Troopers made the following contacts: 18 misdemeanor DUI arrests, 0 felony DUI Arrests 5 drivers charged with driving with a suspended or revoked license 37 REDDIs reported with 9 drivers contacted and ultimately determined not to be DUI 137 damage only crashes 13 injury crashes and 2 fatal collisions were investigated […]
Anchorage Man Charged with Felony Assault after Beating Woman in the Head with Hammer in Mountain View
APD responded to an apartment on the 800-block of Bunn Street early Thursday morning after receiving an unintelligible hangup call from that address. The call came in at 3:16 am on Thursday. A call-back to that phone only managed to get another person, this time a male, who “yelled profanities at the dispatcher,” APD reported. […]
Epa Helps Deliver Arsenic-free Water to Anchorage Apartment After Years of Landlord Neglect
(Seattle) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has helped deliver safe drinking water to the residents of the apartment complex at 1117 Chugach Way in Anchorage, where the building’s owner, Trudy Tush, had ignored years of effort by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to get her to fix an arsenic-contaminated well that had long […]