Former Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council Finance Director Sentenced Friday

Former Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council Finance Director Sentenced Friday

  [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t was announced on Friday by U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder of the Department of Justice that Fairbanks man, 39-year-old David Michael McGraw was sentenced in Federal Court on “one count of misapplication from an organization receiving federal funds, and one count of making and subscribing a false return.” The conviction and sentencing of McGraw stems […]

Anchorage Man in Dinghy Arrested in Russia After Drifting Across Bering Sea

Anchorage Man in Dinghy Arrested in Russia After Drifting Across Bering Sea

An exhausted 72-year-old Anchorage man was arrested upon his arrival near the Russian community of Lavrentiya recently after floating across the Bering Sea to make landfall there. Russian media reported that 72-year-old John Martin of Anchorage was discovered on Russia’s eastern coast in the Chukotka region on Wednesday by border guards. When contacted by authorities in […]