The Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit in Ketchikan, a unit of the Alaska State Troopers, arrested two Washington men late last week after they were busted for possession approximately six ounces of methamphetamine. The two Washington men, 26-year-old Steven Wiggins Jr. and Montoya Herron, were charged with Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance after an investigation by […]
U.S. media reports say Paul Manafort, who was President Donald Trump’s campaign manager for a brief period, has been instructed to turn himself in to authorities on Monday, as part of a special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A federal grand jury on Friday approved charges in the probe […]
Alaska’s commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Chris Hladick, has been tapped by EPA Administrator Scott Pruit to head up the Region 10 of the EPA to oversee Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, it was announced on Tuesday. Hladick will step down from his current position in Alaska on November 1 […]
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has put a hold on any new permits for net pens until a thorough investigation is completed into the escape of Atlantic salmon from net pens on Cypress Island. Inslee said this week that the release of net pen-raised Atlantic salmon into Washington’s waters has created an emergency situation that has […]