January 8th, 1962

(Petersburg) — The Alaska Board of Game will meet in Petersburg on January 10–15, 2019 at the Sons of Norway Hall located at 23 Sing Lee Alley. The board will hold a one-day work session January 10 followed by a five-day public meeting to address proposed changes to hunting and trapping regulations for the Southeast […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—The Alaska minimum wage will increase from $9.84 to $9.89 in 2019. Voters passed a ballot initiative in 2014 to raise the minimum wage by one dollar in both 2015 and 2016, and thereafter required the rate to be adjusted annually for inflation. Alaska Statute 23.10.065(a) requires the Alaska minimum wage to be adjusted […]
The second of two suspects wanted in the January 28th killing of Carl Bowie Jr in Spenard was taken into custody in Eastpointe, Michigan on Thursday morning, APD reported. 49-year-old Linda Richards who was hiding in a Michigan residence was located and arrested by Michigan law enforcement and remanded to the Macomb County Jail in […]
Anchorage police revealed that they have another suspect in the3 January 28th, 2018 killing of 52-year-old Carl R Bowie Jr, who was shot and killed on the 3400-block of Spenard Road. Linda Richards, age 49, is the second suspect to be implicated, along with 18-year-old Austin Cottrell, who was connected with the murder investigation over […]
The search for 27-year-old Robert Dushkin III, who went missing in January has ended after positive identification results from an autopsy that APD revealed on Thursday.
HEADQUARTERS U.S. ARMY ALASKA, JBER, Alaska – Military skaters will take to the ice at the Sullivan Arena Saturday, Jan. 13, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. to face off in the 5th Annual Army vs Air Force Hockey Game. The two teams will consist of JBER-based Soldiers and Airmen, who not only represent their service branches, but […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in January, unchanged from December’s revised rate. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent. The not-seasonally adjusted rate was 7.3 percent, up six-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. Large swings in the unadjusted rate are typical in January. Rates increased in 24 out […]