April 7, 2015 JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott today joined Alaskans in mourning the loss of iconic Alaskan artist Rie Muñoz, who passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Born in Van Nuys, California, Muñoz spent over 60 years in Alaska, where she became well- known for her bright […]
A spark from a lightning bolt, interstellar dust, or a subsea volcano could have triggered the very first life on Earth. But what happened next? Life can exist without oxygen, but without plentiful nitrogen to build genes – essential to viruses, bacteria and all other organisms – life on the early Earth would have been […]
Former Alaskan Steven Michael Wilson was sentenced in the 5th Circuit Court in Kauai on Thursday for the April 2013 stabbing death of 21-year-old Kendra Lewis. 27-year-old Wilson was sentenced to life in prison for the gruesome murder of the Alaska woman that traveled with him to Hawaii despite the urging of her family. Lewis’s […]
The man convicted of killing two Coast Guard employees at the communications station on the Kodiak Coast Guard base in April of 2012 stood before Judge Ralph Beistline on Tuesday for sentencing. Judge Beistline gave 63-year-old James Wells a sentence of two life terms for the killing of retired U.S. Coast Guard Chief Boatswain’s Mate Richard […]