This Day in Alaskan History-June 3rd, 1942
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, working collaboratively with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Office of the State Veterinarian, has confirmed the detection of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 strain in a red fox and eagles from Unalaska. In the past month, HPAI has been detected in red […]
ANCHORAGE – An Oregon man was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 16 years in prison for drug conspiracy and assault of a corrections officer. According to court documents, Michael Hindman, 32, mailed multiple packages of heroin and methamphetamine to a local drug dealer in Unalaska, during 2019. In return, the […]
A tsunami warning was issued by the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer following a heavy earthquake with a preliminary magnitude assessment of 7.5 that occurred 55 miles southeast of Sandpoint at 12:55 pm on Monday afternoon. The depth of the quake was at 25 miles along the Aleutian megathrust and occurred on the […]