“The swamp is Trump hiring 281 lobbyists in just a couple years of his administration.” A new report from ProPublica and Columbia Journalism Investigations, published Tuesday, found that President Donald Trump’s campaign vow to “drain the swamp” of Washington corruption is not being backed up in practice as his administration counts one lobbyists for every 14 appointees. “Swamp […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed details on a Thursday afternoon crash east of the Soldotna Airport and reported that the passengers and pilot all survived without injury. At 2:13 pm AST was contacted by the Anchorage Air Traffic Control that a Soldotna-bound Cessna 180 with three passengers aboard “had suffered engine failure and was unable to […]
Maraq–Bog; Swamp ARapagka nag’art’lliik mararmi. I lost my (2) boots in the bog. The Alutiiq word maraq can be used to talk about any low lying, wet piece of land–a swamp, bog, marsh, or even a muddy meadow. The rainy Kodiak Archipelago is unofficially full of such places, but if you consult a map of […]
Alaska State Troopers thwarted a burglary in progress after receiving a call from the employee of a construction company on Sunday morning, the trooper dispatch revealed. According to the report, AST received a 911 call reporting a burglary in progress at 8:06 am on Sunday morning, after an employee saw observed the suspects on the […]