An Anchorage man was taken into custody on impairment charges after a ignoring an arresting officer, causing a crash, then continuing to try to flee police just before midnight on Saturday, APD reported on Nixle. He had to be tased multiple times before he could be subdued. Just prior to midnight, an APD officer who […]
People with chronic kidney disease may be especially vulnerable to the deleterious effects of poor sleep, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Chronic kidney disease is characterized by gradual loss of kidney function over time, and may eventually lead to kidney failure, leading patients to undergo dialysis or […]
An Alaskan couple in Klawock have been charged in federal court in Juneau with four counts of failure to pay their income taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced in a press release on Wednesday. According to the Justice Department, Archie W. Demmert III and Roseann L. Demmert, of Klawock, have through the years, failed to […]
A Fairbanks man, identified as 43-year-old Clayton Nelson, was arrested after a car and foot chase on University Avenue early Sunday morning, Fairbanks-based troopers report. It was at 2:09 am on Sunday morning that troopers attempted a traffic stop on Nelson for running a red light. Instead of stopping, Nelson continued down University Avenue, then […]
On Tuesday night, Soldotna police attempted a traffic stop on a 1984 Chevy Blazer near mile 95 of the Sterling Highway, but, the driver of the vehicle decided not to yield, and instead took the police on a chase. The Blazer continued down the highway, and turned down Funny River Road. When the driver did […]
President Donald Trump asked Republican Party leaders to withdraw a controversial health care bill shortly before it was due to be voted on Friday because it became clear there were not enough votes to pass the measure. Trump said “we were very, very close” to passing the ruling party’s version of a bill intended to […]
The United States and South Korea say a North Korean missile test Wednesday ended in failure. A spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Command said the missile appeared to have exploded within seconds of launching from the Kalma peninsula, in the eastern part of the country. South Korea’s military said the apparent test launch did not […]
Delta Air Lines said it canceled nearly 500 flights Tuesday as it tries to get operations back to normal following a computer systems failure Monday. The company blamed the outage on a loss of power at its hub in Atlanta, saying some of its critical systems failed to switch over to a backup that would […]
SEOUL—North Korea’s failed attempt to launch an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Friday is not the military set back it may seem, analysts said. It is instead, part of the natural progression in the development of an advanced nuclear weapons program. “While I think people will look at the failure and they will conclude that that […]