The company says it received necessary permission to make rain with drones, but local officials are pushing for more transparency.
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Responders to Cook Inlet oil sheen shift to ‘monitoring’ status
The onsite joint command says it’s gone several days without seeing any sheen in the area.
State, Coast Guard investigating oily sheen in Western Cook Inlet
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says the sheen was not visible during flyovers around noon Tuesday or from an oil cleanup ship sent to the site.
ICE took this mom and her kids from Soldotna. Shock, outrage and sadness came next.
Federal immigration officials detained and deported Sonia Espinoza Arriaga and two of her three sons, ages 5 and 16. As of Thursday, her oldest son remains in custody at an ICE detention center in Washington.
Feds charge Soldotna troopers with civil rights violations over violent Kenai arrest
In a news release, the U.S. Attorney’s office says 50-year-old Miller had no legal justification for the violent arrest. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Woodruff illegally used his police dog to bite the man when he did not pose a threat.
Kenai Aviation suspends service, citing financial woes
The company said in a Facebook post it was “financially insolvent” after accruing debt during the pandemic, and would stop flying by the end of the day.