Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Palmer’s police chief returned to work Monday after a nearly three-week suspension over Facebook posts he made calling the Black Lives Matter movement a “hate group” and, separately, questioning the legitimacy of sexual assault reports.amid widespread protests against racism and police use of excessive force in the wake of George Floyd’s death.The City of Palmer had described Shelton’s comments as “inappropriate.”Shelton apologized in a written statement from the City of Palmer on...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Palmer’s police chief returned to work Monday after a nearly three-week suspension over Facebook posts he made calling the Black Lives Matter movement a “hate group” and, separately, questioning the legitimacy of sexual assault reports.amid widespread protests against racism and police use of excessive force in the wake of George Floyd’s death.The City of Palmer had described Shelton’s comments as “inappropriate.”Shelton apologized in a written statement from the City of Palmer on...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election.Ginsburg died in her home in Washington D.C. at the age of 87 of complications from pancreatic cancer.“I would not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee. We are 50 some days away from an election,” she said.Murkowski said her...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Shortly before the announcement that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died Friday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview that if she was presented with a vacancy on the court, she would not vote to confirm a nominee before the election.Ginsburg died in her home in Washington D.C. at the age of 87 of complications from pancreatic cancer.“I would not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee. We are 50 some days away from an election,” she said.Murkowski said her...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.An extensive study of how Alaska’s oil industry can disturb denning polar bears is featured in .It says that at the same time as climate change is melting sea ice and forcing polar bears to spend more time on land, they are increasingly vulnerable to disturbances from development on the North Slope.The study’s authors say current requirements for industry to stay at least one mile from known polar bear dens are working. But they’ve also found that the industry’s current...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.An extensive study of how Alaska’s oil industry can disturb denning polar bears is featured in .It says that at the same time as climate change is melting sea ice and forcing polar bears to spend more time on land, they are increasingly vulnerable to disturbances from development on the North Slope.The study’s authors say current requirements for industry to stay at least one mile from known polar bear dens are working. But they’ve also found that the industry’s current...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Federal authorities in Anchorage have arrested a longtime, international criminal who allegedly had a device to steal credit and debit card information in a process known as “skimming,” according to a charging document.The charges say Marcus Catalin Rosu’s criminal activity spans the globe, from Australia to the United Kingdom, Michigan to Connecticut and, more recently, Southern California and Southcentral Alaska. Rosu, 39, holds a Romanian passport, according to the charges.In...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Federal authorities in Anchorage have arrested a longtime, international criminal who allegedly had a device to steal credit and debit card information in a process known as “skimming,” according to a charging document.The charges say Marcus Catalin Rosu’s criminal activity spans the globe, from Australia to the United Kingdom, Michigan to Connecticut and, more recently, Southern California and Southcentral Alaska. Rosu, 39, holds a Romanian passport, according to the charges.In...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Tuesday night’s triggered tsunami alerts across a stretch of coastal Alaska, prompting evacuations in communities from Sand Point to Homer.But according to the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, the quake also resulted in an alert sent to some phones in Anchorage. Geologists have said it is unlikely that an earthquake could generate a large tsunami in Anchorage. And while the overlapping zones for tsunami alerts have, in the past, led to alerts in Anchorage out of an abundance of...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Tuesday night’s triggered tsunami alerts across a stretch of coastal Alaska, prompting evacuations in communities from Sand Point to Homer.But according to the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, the quake also resulted in an alert sent to some phones in Anchorage. Geologists have said it is unlikely that an earthquake could generate a large tsunami in Anchorage. And while the overlapping zones for tsunami alerts have, in the past, led to alerts in Anchorage out of an abundance of...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.2020 Iditarod champion Thomas Waerner and his team of sled dogs have been stuck in Alaska since in Nome a month ago.In the meantime, Waerner has been living with friends near Fairbanks in Ester, all because of cornavirus-related, international travel restrictions, coupled with the normal difficulties and rules around flying dogs internationally.Related:But now a plan is coming together: to catch a ride on an old cargo plane in Fairbanks, on its way to a museum in Norway.This, of...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.2020 Iditarod champion Thomas Waerner and his team of sled dogs have been stuck in Alaska since in Nome a month ago.In the meantime, Waerner has been living with friends near Fairbanks in Ester, all because of cornavirus-related, international travel restrictions, coupled with the normal difficulties and rules around flying dogs internationally.Related:But now a plan is coming together: to catch a ride on an old cargo plane in Fairbanks, on its way to a museum in Norway.This, of...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The state Department of Corrections plans to open visitation on Wednesday between fully vaccinated Alaskans in its custody and public visitors including family members.It’s the first opportunity for public visitation in over a year, since Corrections officials closed all non-essential access to facilities in March of 2020 as the pandemic took hold in Alaska.The recent DOC announcement on visitation comes with some caveats. A number of recent positive tests at Anchorage and Ketchikan...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The state Department of Corrections plans to open visitation on Wednesday between fully vaccinated Alaskans in its custody and public visitors including family members.It’s the first opportunity for public visitation in over a year, since Corrections officials closed all non-essential access to facilities in March of 2020 as the pandemic took hold in Alaska.The recent DOC announcement on visitation comes with some caveats. A number of recent positive tests at Anchorage and Ketchikan...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.When the Scandies Rose sank on New Year’s Eve of 2019, fishermen from all over Alaska were shocked. Five of the crew perished when the ship rolled onto its side, along with the ship’s captain Gary Cobban. Two crewmembers were rescued from a life raft by a Coast Guard helicopter crew. Captain Cobban was seen as an expert who had been on fishing boats since his teens, and his boat was regarded by many as one of the most modern and well-maintained in the fleet.This week, the Coast...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.When the Scandies Rose sank on New Year’s Eve of 2019, fishermen from all over Alaska were shocked. Five of the crew perished when the ship rolled onto its side, along with the ship’s captain Gary Cobban. Two crewmembers were rescued from a life raft by a Coast Guard helicopter crew. Captain Cobban was seen as an expert who had been on fishing boats since his teens, and his boat was regarded by many as one of the most modern and well-maintained in the fleet.This week, the Coast...WW…