This week marked the second observance of the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. This day was declared by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2017 to raise awareness about this global problem. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, IUU fishing and related activities are responsible for the […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they have taken a Seward man into custody and have charged him with twin counts of Murder I for a Monday incident. According to troopers, a call went in to the trooper’s Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center reporting a shooting incident in the Seward area at 6:06 pm. When […]
Leaders Assert Major Mine Permits are Illegal, Rushed, and Ignore Local Concerns Bethel, Alaska – Thursday a consortium of tribal governments from the Kuskokwim region led by Orutsararmiut Native Council (ONC) has filed an appeal of two permits recently issued by the State of Alaska to Donlin Gold, a mining project owned by Canadian based […]
The Anchorage Crime Scene Unit is conducting an investigation on the Alaska Medical Campus at 4501 Diplomacy Drive following a violent incident at that location around 7 am this morning, APD reports. The department received a report of two injured men that had apparently gotten into a fight in the stairwell of the parking garage at […]