The new RAPIDGate security system from Sure ID Inc. is being adopted by all Coast Guard bases.
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Coast Guard exchanges halt sales of ‘assault-style’ guns
An exchange official said it doesn’t make sense for the Coast Guard to continue selling assault-style weapons based on sales, profit numbers and the scrutiny the stores come under.
Man dies after vehicle slams into Juneau home
The 63-year-old Juneau victim was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Low salmon returns to the Taku lead to heavy restrictions
Commercial and sport fishermen in Juneau are preparing for a limited king salmon season as officials recorded the lowest ever salmon returns on the Taku River. The Juneau Empire reports that in the 27 years of recorded data on the Taku River, escapement numbers have averaged nearly 42,000 fish. Alaska Department of Fish and Game…
Fairbanks foundation looks for cash to replace surgery center
The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation is working to raise $1.2 million to replace Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s surgery center. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the $88 million project is scheduled to have seven surgery suites fully operational by April 2017. The project is being funded with $55 million in bond sales and $33 million…
State hires new education commissioner
Copper River School District Superintendent Michael Johnson has been named Alaska’s new education commissioner. The Juneau Empire reports that the state school board confirmed Tuesday the Johnson will start in the new position on July 1. The position became open earlier this year when Commissioner Mike Hanley stepped down. Johnson, who oversees a rural school…
North Slope Borough employee admits to stealing from police evidence room
A former North Slope Borough Police Department employee has pleaded guilty to stealing from a police evidence room and destroying case files. KTUU-TV reports that according to a plea agreement filed Friday in federal court, former evidence custodian Margaret Ann Solomon has admitted to taking at least $109,600 from an evidence room and destroying the…
Two women died rafting on Kongakut River
Two women died Wednesday after their raft flipped in the rapids of the Kongakut River.
Manslaughter charge filed in drug death of Soldotna man
A Kenai resident suspected of selling drugs to a man who died is being held on suspicion of manslaughter. Alaska State Troopers say 37-year-old Richard Paul Morrison is being held without bail pending arraignment at Wildwood Pretrial Facility. Troopers began an investigation Dec. 30 after the unexpected death of 37-year-old Jeremy Vandever of Soldotna. Investigators…
Permanent Fund bill stalls in House committee
A compromise bill to use Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to help stem the state’s multibillion-dollar deficit has failed to make it out of the House Finance Committee.