Most news reports about wildfires include the number of acres a given fire has burned, but according to a new study by U.S. National Science Foundation-supported researchers, they should also note how fast the fire is moving. The research found that fast-growing fires caused 88% of the fire-related home destruction between 2001 and 2020, even […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Monday, 36-year-old Andrew John Eknaty and 35-year-old Carleigh Kaye West (formerly Carleigh Kaye Fox), of Anchorage, were sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson for causing the deaths of three people and injuring numerous others in the 2017 fire that destroyed the Royal Suites Lodge in Anchorage. Eknaty and West each […]
“Make no mistake, an attack on a ballot box is an attack on our democracy and completely unacceptable,” said Oregon’s secretary of state. Law enforcement officials in the Pacific Northwest are investigating a pair of Monday morning fires at ballot drop boxes that have heightened concerns about illegal efforts to interfere with the November 5 elections. One […]
