A spokesman for the Alaska Division of Forestry says the agency is assessing what it’s missing after a man broke into two fenced state parking lots Sunday in Fairbanks and drove off with a state truck and trailer.
Archives for October 31, 2016
2016 has been a mixed bag for LGBT politics
Last year was one of LGBT triumph: The Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal throughout the country. But in 2016, post-marriage LGBT activism has become more complicated, and more state-focused.
More children are being poisoned by prescription opioids
Whether it’s toddlers mistaking pills for candy or teenagers taking opioids on purpose, the huge rise in access to opioid painkillers has led to more children being poisoned and hospitalized.
Aniak man charged in robbery, assault
Alaska State Troopers in Aniak received a report of a possible robbery at the A.C. store at 10:10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. Glen Morgan, 33, of Aniak allegedly entered the store and demanded cigarettes, producing a large kitchen knife during the interaction.
Mushers frustrated over allowing cell phones on Iditarod trail
The race’s Trail Committee is upholding rule 35, which for the first-time ever will allow the use of two-way communication devices, including cell phones and satellite phones along the trail.
300 million children are breathing ‘extremely toxic’ air, UNICEF says
Altogether, some 2 billion children worldwide are breathing air that has been deemed a “long term hazard,” a report finds. Pollution contributes to around 600,000 deaths annually of kids under age 5.