A new year brings a new mayor for New York City and new laws in many of the 50 U.S. states. Democrat Eric Adams was elected in November to be the next leader of the largest city in the United States. He succeeds Bill de Blasio, who served two terms as mayor, beginning in 2014. […]
(ANCHORAGE) – Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers issued 954 citations statewide from December 11, 2019, through January 1, 2020, as part of a focused winter holiday traffic enforcement effort. Of those citations, 377 were issued for speeding and 24 for violations related to use of seatbelts and other occupant restraints. The breakdown […]
ANCHORAGE (December 26, 2019) – Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year’s resolution lists. There are currently more than 103,000 smokers in Alaska and 56 percent of them tried to quit last year. New ads from e-cigarettes companies would have those smokers falsely believe that switching […]
Anchorage police opened an early morning investigation to a shots-fired incident at the LED Lounge and ZGrill on 6th Avenue at 3:10 am on New Years Day, APD reported. Police were en route to a disturbance call involving numerous persons at the location when they received another call reporting shots fired there. When they […]
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]krainian officials are warning that Russia may be about to escalate its conflict with Ukraine, including possibly launching a breakout offensive from Crimea. And they accuse Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine’s Donbas region of violating the latest cease-fire — dubbed a “New Year’s Truce”— by attacking Ukrainian positions with a heavy-caliber weapon banned under the Minsk peace […]
While Anchorage police have yet To Release any information on the suspects responsible for the death of 39-year-old Timothy Smith who was gunned down scarcely an hour and a half into the new year on January 1, they continue to ask for the public’s help in locating the silver or gray Chevy Trailblazer that was seen […]
MAYWOOD, Il. – Binge drinking in young, healthy adults significantly disrupts the immune system, according to a study led by a researcher now at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Depending on their weight, study participants drank four or five shots of vodka. Twenty minutes after reaching peak intoxication, their immune systems revved up. […]
As the holiday parties get into full swing keep in mind a plan to get home safe and sound. To help remind you to not drive impaired, the Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers will be conducting a high visibility enforcement effort, which starts Dec. 13 and lasts until the early morning hours of […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers are partially through their enhanced enforcement patrols for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign. From the time period of Dec. 14, 2016 thru Jan. 2, 2017, Troopers contacts included: 48 misdemeanor DUI arrests, 2 felony DUI Arrests 37 drivers charged with driving […]