This Day in Alaska History-August 5th, 1991
This Day in Alaska History-January 8th, 1908
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Sand Point Man, Duke Ogata Arrested on Drug/Assault Charges at Ted Stevens Airport
On Wednesday, Sand Point fisherman, 42-year-old Duke Ogata was arrested at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and charged with Assault III, Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance II, and Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance III after being shot 10 days earlier by Sand Point police Chief Benjamin Allen, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Troopers […]
Huge 8.2 Magnitude Gulf of Alaska Earthquake Generates Little or No Wave Action
At 10:15 pm on Wednesday night, residents along the southern coast of Alaska were shaken awake by a huge earthquake that prompted evacuations all along the Aleutian Chain, Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Island, and the southern Kenai Peninsula. Concerned citizens headed for higher ground and evacuation centers as sirens wailed in the coastal communities. The earthquake, […]