The 2013 to 2016 marine heatwave—known as “The Blob”—is the largest warm anomaly ever recorded in the North Pacific. In the Gulf of Alaska, scientists have connected low numbers of Pacific cod larvae, juveniles, and adults to loss of spawning habitat. This occured during and immediately following the heatwave. Compounding the ecological loss is the […]
Predatory Behavior Continued Even After the Anchorage Police Department Served a Search Warrant Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Wednesday that Robert Walls, 28, was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2019, to 15-years in federal prison followed by a life term of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason for coercion and […]
Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers report that at 1:24 am on Saturday morning they attempted to pull over a gold Lexxus for speeding and instead the vehicle sped away doing 100 mph through town. The chase came to a close when the vehicle jumped a curb into an empty parking lot, then jumped another effectively disabling […]
A 25-year-old Anchorage man was arrested on multiple assault charges after two juveniles were injured in an altercation involving a knife at the Taku Lake Park on Tuesday evening. According to the report, a man on a bike, later identified as Christian Scherch, approached three juveniles at the park. Initial indications show that the man […]