Saturday was National Trails Day and Juneau celebrated the annual event with a volunteer day at the Outer Point Trail.
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Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Collection Of DNA
By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Maryland law that allows police to collect DNA, without first getting a warrant, from persons who are arrested.
Veteran Storm Chaser Among Those Killed In Oklahoma
Tim Samaras had one passion in life: Tornadoes. He told The Weather Channel that when he was kid, his mother sat him down in front of The Wizard of Oz; he was immediately entranced by the violent, dark twister that tore through the landscape.
Wildfires Force Evacuations In California, New Mexico
Wildfires in California and New Mexico forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes Saturday evening.
After Two Violent Days, Protesters In Turkey Return
NPR’s Peter Kenyon reports from Turkey that some 900 people were arrested across the country and several hundred were wounded.
Potential challengers eye Begich’s senate seat
The next U.S. Senate race in Alaska is still 18 months away. A number of Republicans have jumped in the race, or are publicly mulling taking on Senator Mark Begich in November 2014.
PSP case confirmed
The state health department warns that paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP, is ever present in locally harvested shellfish. The Alaska Division of Public Health has confirmed a case of PSP on Gravina Island near Ketchikan. Department spokesman Greg Wilkinson says a woman was hospitalized last week for suspected PSP after eating cockles and clams harvested…
Updated: Videoconferencing used in Juneau homicide trial
Witness testified that Rian Orr’s injuries appeared to be inflicted by another person
Parnell declares disaster for flooded interior communities
Gov. Sean Parnell Friday issued a state disaster declaration for Galena and other communities affected by spring flooding. It will activate at least $1 million in state disaster recovery funds. The hardest hit is Galena, where much of the community of nearly 500 was submerged by water earlier this week. Many residents were evacuated after…
Four Men In A Small Boat Face The Northwest Passage
Only a few years ago, even large commercial vessels wouldn’t take on the ice-bound Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific via the Canadian north — but climate change has changed all that.