On Sunday morning, the captain of the fishing vessel Transit sent a request for assistance to Coast Guard sector Anchorage, saying that a crewmember was experiencing seizure-like symptoms.
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State irked at feds’ new GPS survey method
At statehood, Alaska was promised more than 100 million acres of land. So far, the federal government has transferred just 65 percent of it. That’s because it takes time to survey the land.
Group looks to establish Kenai Peninsula drug detox center
The operators of a residential drug treatment facility at a Soldotna hospital are seeking funds from the state to become central Kenai Peninsula’s first medical detox center.
Kodiak borough awards contract to replant Chiniak land burned in Twin Creeks fire
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly recently agreed to award a contract for the planting of spruce tree seedlings on Chiniak land burned in the Twin Creeks fire.
Better Business Bureau warns of ‘porch pirates’ stealing packages across Alaska
Michelle Tabler, the Alaska Regional Manager for the Better Business Bureau, has received numerous reports of so-called “porch pirates” across Alaska this month.
Alaskans plunge into 32-degree water in annual event
More than a thousand people in Alaska on Saturday dressed up as elves or in other elaborate costumes while some stripped down to barely anything to take part in a polar plunge. The fundraiser for Special Olympics Alaska took place at Goose Lake in Anchorage, where ice had been cut out of a large portion…