The discovery of stone tools alongside mastodon bones in a Florida river shows that humans settled the southeastern United States as much as 1,500 years earlier than scientists previously believed, according to a research team led by a Florida State University professor. This site on the Aucilla River — about 45 minutes from Tallahassee — […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill by Rep. Dave Talerico to clarify state laws governing use of state navigable waters to better protect an individual’s rights to use State submerged lands, and remove ambiguity over federal encroachment. House Bill 216 adds certain activities to the list of those deemed […]
Alaska State Troopers were notified of a physical altercation taking place on Mission Beach on the outskirts of Kodiak on Sunday, and responded to the scene, taking one into custody, the trooper dispatch reported on Wednesday morning. It was at 7:50 pm on Sunday, that a concerned citizen called in to the Alaska State Troopers […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.5 percent in December, essentially unchanged from November’s 6.4 percent. The comparable national rate was 5.0 percent. Alaska’s seasonally adjusted rate showed no clear trend in 2015, consistent with other economic indicators that suggest last year’s economy was relatively flat. The not-seasonally adjusted rate was 6.6 percent […]
JUNEAU-The Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Juneau Job Center is providing Rapid Response assistance for approximately 168 Walmart employees who are being laid off on February 10th. The Job Center is holding a job fair for Walmart employees on January 29th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and they also can come by any […]
(BETHEL, Alaska) – The Alaska State Troopers Bethel Patrol is adjusting the way it responds to significant violent crimes in Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta posts. The Violent Offenders Unit (VOU) comprised of a patrol sergeant and two patrol troopers, pulled from the Bethel Patrol post, will provide dedicated intensive and focused investigations into violent crimes, to […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — With the village of Bethel serving as the backdrop for his youth, and much of his military career spent engaging with residents of rural Alaskan communities, you could say that Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Hildreth was made for his current position. Hildreth was hand selected by Brig. Gen. (Alaska) Laurie […]
The Alaska Bureau of Investigation released additional information into the trooper-involved shooting of the Sterling motorist, Jon Ployhar, that occurred at mile 82 of the Sterling Highway at 11:20 pm on last Saturday. According to the report, Trooper John King, of the Soldotna Patrol, attempted to pull over Ployhar on a traffic stop for an […]
A late-night call to troopers on Thursday resulted in an Attempted Murder arrest of a Wasilla man troopers report. Troopers received a call of an attack taking place outside of a Wasilla school at 10:08 pm. Troopers responded to the scene, where the victim was found to be suffering from multiple stab wounds causing life-threatening […]