KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Juneau boat crew rescued a stranded hunter from Coghlan Island, in the vicinity of Auke Bay Thursday. The man was transported safely to Statter Harbor in Auke Bay aboard the station’s 45-foot Response Boat-Medium. Sector Juneau watchstanders received notification via telephone from the hunter’s wife who reported […]
Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object. The spacecraft passed the current record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun’s surface on Oct. 29, 2018, at about 1:04 p.m. EDT, as calculated by the Parker Solar Probe team. The previous record for closest solar approach […]
The Alaska Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force placed a 27-year-old Palmer man under arrest on a Colorado warrant and preparations are being made to extradite him to that state, AST reports. Authorities report that 27-year-old Michael Clark has been the target of a child sex exploitation investigation since November of […]