On the cusp of Interior Alaska’s springtime, Melinda Webster will not experience it this year. She’ll miss most of summer, too. Webster will soon head north of Earth’s landmasses, to spend the next half year cradled in ice. Webster, a sea-ice specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, will in a […]
President Donald Trump has named ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, a staunch Trump loyalist, as the acting director of national intelligence. “Rick has represented our country exceedingly well and I look forward to working with him,” the president said in a brief tweet announcing his choice. The DNI oversees the entire U.S. intelligence community […]
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]OME — U.S. officials have warned at an energy conference in Brussels that the Trump administration will take punitive action against European companies that are building the Kremlin-favored Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which will deliver energy from Russia to Germany while bypassing Ukraine. Nord Stream 2 (NS2) will largely replace an older pipeline […]
One driver suffered serious injuries after being involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle in Cooper Landing on Sunday afternoon troopers reported. Troopers responded to mile 48 of the Sterling Highway following a report of a serious crash at 3:12 pm on Sunday afternoon and found that one man, 63-year-old Dennis D Brandenburger had suffered […]