Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) Alaska State Troopers successfully located an Anchorage resident wanted on drug charges.
A dispatch from Troopers said they served a federal arrest warrant secured by US Marshalls on April 5th at a residence on Huckleberry Circle in Ketchikan.
Mandy Bacus, 35, of Anchorage faces charges of misconduct involving a controlled substance and will be taken back to Anchorage.
Bacus was held at the Ketchikan Correctional Center and held without bond.
Critical need continues for blood donors with blood types O Negative and O Positive
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Blood Bank of Alaska is in critical need of blood donors this week due to patient need.
Treadwell Arena home to the 12U A state tournament this year
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Capitals gave it their best shot.
Lower oil price, production outlook impacts revenue forecast
Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska lawmakers have nearly $680 million less in expected revenue for the upcoming budget year amid lower oil price and production outlooks, a report released Tuesday suggests.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy passes over tribal advocate for fishery council post, fueling calls for change
Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Criticism of Dunleavy’s nomination to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is a sign of the growing polarization and high stakes in Alaska fish politics amid historic crashes in salmon stocks
Toolik station launches climate education program for underserved students
Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - Twelve high school students will visit Alaska’s remote Arctic during the summer of 2023 to learn about the effects of climate change on the region.
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas mountains
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is establishing national monuments on more than half a million acres in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii. The conservation measures are “protecting the heart and soul of our national pride,'' Biden said.
Murkowski recognizes Alaska Education Board’s selection of tribes for Native Education Pilot Program
Washington, D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today recognized the selection of five Alaska Tribes by the Alaska Board of Education and Early Development to begin negotiation on a demonstration State-Tribal Education Compact (STEC) in Alaska.
Coast Guard Station Ketchikan boat crew medevacs man from vessel near Pennock Island, Alaska
Kodiak, Alaska (KINY) - The Coast Guard medevaced a 30-year-old man from the towing vessel Pacific Titan, near Pennock Island, Alaska, Monday.
Palmer jury deliberates 10 days, finds dad guilty of criminally negligent homicide, not murder, nor manslaughter in toddler’s death
Palmer, Alaska (KINY) - A Palmer jury spent 10 days reviewing evidence before deciding that Clayton Phillip Allison, 39, was guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of his daughter, 15-month-old Jocelynn Renee Allison. The jury acquitted him of second-degree murder and manslaughter. It was the second jury to weigh the evidence in the 2008 case
As pressure builds on Canada, state legislators and representatives urge B.C. to include Alaska Tribes of SEITC in Province’s mine permitting processes
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In a joint letter addressed to British Columbia (B.C.) Premier, Alaska state legislators and representatives urge B.C. to consult with Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) and its member Tribes during the province’s processes for permitting new mines
Lawsuit accuses Alaska of unconstitutionally mismanaging Yukon, Kuskokwim salmon fisheries
Bethel, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - In a Monday hearing, a state attorney sought to have the case thrown out of a Bethel courthouse
CBJ Offering $25-30,000 Hiring Bonuses For New and Experienced Police Officers
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Effective immediately, the City and Borough of Juneau will offer a hiring bonus of $25,000 for entry-level police officer candidates and $30,000 for officers with at least one year of experience.
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