It’s Springtime In Alaska When… You can see the birds, even though they’ve been there all winter. You blinked and the sun hasn’t set yet. You know the deadline for buying Nenana Ice Classic Tickets is coming soon. No new snow is coming to hide the dirty snow. It’s not forty below. There are hourly [...]
On February 23rd, in Alaska’s Dillingham District court, Jessie Arnariak, the second defendant in the Round Island Walrus Case, entered guilty pleas to charges of alcohol importation, DUI and prohibited access to a game sanctuary. Arnariak was sentenced 610 days in jail with 340 suspended, 270 days to serve, a $7,500 fine, forfeiture of all items [...]
AST Busy in Northern and Southern Alaska On 2-20-12, at about 1600 hours, AST Bethel Post received a report from the Kongiganak Public Safety Department that the Kongiganak Post Office had been burglarized sometime during the evening hours of 2-19-12. AST responded to Kongiganak on 2-24-12 to investigate. Subsequently, two suspects were developed. Criminal charges [...]
Need to Take a Trip, Be Careful What You Ask For Buckland, Alaska February 19th at approximately 1640 hours Alaska State Troopers in Kotzebue received the report of a disturbance in the village of Buckland. Investigation revealed that Randy R. Lee, age 24 from Buckland, assaulted a family member and damaged items inside the residence when [...]
Around 4:30 a.m. last Saturday, Alaska State Troopers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle in Fairbanks for a moving and equipment violation. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 21 y/o Jesse Lee James Barr by his ADL. Investigation revealed Barr was driving while intoxicated. Barr was arrested and transported to FCC where [...]
Governor Sean Parnell pushes bills to protect Alaskans from financial and sexual exploitation. On February 17 and 19 respectively, Gov. Parnell welcomed the Alaska Senate’s passage of the Senate Bill 86 and transmitted another bill against sex and human trafficking in the 1st degree. “I appreciate the Senate passing this important bill that will protect [...]
Crazy is not just something Patsy Cline sang about. There’s a book called “Crazy” that is a must read for anyone who is or who knows someone, or who knows about someone who is having trouble in our U.S. society. The author, renowned reporter Pete Earley, says the following in the first chapter. “the more [...]
Congressman Don Young today submitted his application to run for his 21st term for the House of Representatives. For almost 4 decades, Young has served Alaska through some of the most difficult times encountered by the state and its people. After filing for re-election, Young relayed his personal reasons for re-running for the same position, [...]
The Sierra Club and others have now filed suit in the Ninth Circuit on the grounds that U.S. Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board violated NEPA and the federal Administrative Procedure Act regarding the Port MacKenzie rail line extension. A motion to intervene in that suit was filed by Alaska Attorney General (AG) Michael Geraghty. The state’s transportation [...]
Today’s announcement of Shell regarding the approval of the oil discharge prevention and contingency plan for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea has pleased Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who after Shell’s announcement, relayed the following words: “I appreciate Interior’s final approval of Shell’s contingency plan for the Chukchi,” Murkowski said. “Today’s decision confirms what we’ve known for some time [...]