ANCHORAGE-Governor Bill Walker Friday issued a proclamation convening the 30th Alaska State Legislature on October 23 in Juneau for its fourth special session to address public safety and revenue. On the call are Senate Bill 54, which addresses Class-C felonies, and a bill to enact a flat wage tax. The administration is proposing a payroll […]
Alaska State Troopers in Juneau attempted to pull over a blue 1997 Ford F350 pickup on Postal Way after seeing it driving erratically, speeding and driving on the opposite side of the road on Wednesday afternoon, it was divulged on the trooper dispatch. AST attempted the traffic stop at 1:33 pm on Wednesday, but as […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur towed the 36-foot vessel Ruby Dawn and its crew to Yakutat, Alaska, Tuesday. The crew of the Chandeleur responded after the vessel became disabled southwest of Icy Bay while transiting from Whittier to Juneau. Coast Guard Seventeenth District watchstanders received a report from a friend […]
Alaska Wildlife troopers shot a nuisance bear in Juneau on Monday night after it raided a chicken coop then charged the officer, the trooper dispatch reported. A call went out to the Juneau police at 7:51 pm reporting a brown bear killing chickens on Randall Road. A wildlife trooper nearby responded to the call. When […]