In 2022, Alaska made the regrettable decision to move to ranked-choice voting. Confusion ensued and the results of major races were distorted as a result. The state’s sole House seat wound up going to the Democratic candidate who received fewer votes than Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich because the conservative vote wound up being […]
A historic four-engine aircraft dating back to World War II crashed in Fairbanks, Alaska, this week after the two people on board reported a fire breaking out. No survivors have been found. Recovered remains were sent to the state’s medical examiner for identification, Alaska State Police said Wednesday. The Douglas plane hit the Tanana River […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane carrying two people crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and burst into flames, authorities said. No survivors have been found. The plane took off in the morning from Fairbanks International Airport. It crashed about 7 miles from there and “slid into a steep hill […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A headless robot about the size of a labrador retriever will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds and other wildlife at Alaska’s second largest airport, a state agency said. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has named the new robot Aurora and said it […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage woman has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for orchestrating the death of a developmentally disabled woman in a murder-for-hire plot, hoping to cash in on a $9 million offer from a Midwestern man purporting to be a millionaire. Denali Dakota Skye Brehmer, 24, was sentenced by Anchorage Superior […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A woman with a lengthy criminal history including theft, assault and prostitution got into a truck with a man who had picked her up for a “date” near downtown Anchorage. When he left her alone in the vehicle, she stole a digital memory card from the center console. Now, more than four […]
The fuselage panel that flew off an Alaska Airlines plane earlier this month had, according to multiple reports, actually been removed for repair and reinstalled improperly by Boeing workers on the final assembly line in Washington state. If the information gets confirmed by the National Transportation Safety Board investigation, it would make Boeing hold the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a curious decree relating to Moscow’s historic real estate holdings that suggests that Putin is looking at “regaining” territory that was once under Russian control or part of the old Russian empire. The decree, signed late last week, “allocates funds for the search, registration, […]
An Alaskan regional government is urging its residents to be armed and ready. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to encourage its people to have guns and ammunition, linking the need to rely on the Second Amendment to an increase in crime and a dearth of state troopers, according to Alaska Public Radio. Assembly member […]
Two Alaska Airlines flight attendants who were fired for posting “biblically based” comments are seeking a ruling in their wrongful termination lawsuit following disclosures that airlines officials and the attendants’ labor union cooperated in removing them, their lawyer says. Source link
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