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APD officer fired weapon in 2 of 5 recent officer-involved shootings
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - This week’s officer-involved shooting of an armed man in East Anchorage had several things in common with a controversial shooting two months earlier. In addition to the connections between the styles of weapons — both men were said to have carried long guns — there...
New security council debuts with Coinbase, Anchorage as founding members
Industry stalwarts including Anchorage Digital, Coinbase, Kraken and Fireblocks have come together to form the Blockchain Security Standards Council. The council, helmed by 10 firms, aims to set standards for security across the blockchain industry. Halborn, Bastion, Figment, OpenZeppelin, Ribbit Capital and Sentinel Global will also be on the council.
Lumen Christi baseball coach announces retirement
Jackson, Mich. (WKHM, Greg O’Connor) — Longtime Lumen Christi High School Baseball Coach Phil Clifford announced his retirement from coaching after 19 years. He spent five years as assistant coach and 14 years as head coach. Clifford won nine district titles, won the state championship in 2015, and...
Talk Is Jericho: Up & Vanished – The Mysterious Disappearance Of Florence Okpealuk
Payne Lindsey hosts and co-created the hit true crime podcast series Up And Vanished. Part 1 of season 4 In The Midnight Sun was released earlier this year, and part 2 premieres August 8th. Payne explains what drew him to the edge of the Arctic Circle to investigate two mysterious disappearances in Nome, Alaska – Alaska native Florence Okpealuk and Joseph Balderas, the lengths he went to in order to get answers, and the dangerous situation that netted the biggest clues but also had had him fearing for his life. He also discusses the missing person cases he covered in seasons 1 and 2 of Up And Vanished and what he loves about investigative journalism and podcast storytelling. For more Talk Is Jericho episodes, please visit our archives, and for future episodes, you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.
US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone, officials said. The crew detected three vessels approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers) north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said in a statement Wednesday. A short time later, a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak spotted a fourth ship approximately 84 miles (135 kilometers) north of the Amukta Pass. All four of the People’s Republic of China vessels were “transiting in international waters but still inside the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone,” which extends 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from the U.S. shoreline, the statement said. The Chinese vessels told the Coast Guard their purpose for being there was “freedom of navigation operations.” “The Chinese naval presence operated in accordance with international rules and norms,” said Rear Adm. Megan Dean, Seventeenth Coast Guard District commander. “We met presence with presence to ensure there were no disruptions to U.S. interests in the maritime environment around Alaska.”
Woman swept to sea whilst at beach is rescued 37 hours later and 50 miles away
TOKYO -- A Chinese woman who was swept out to sea while swimming at a Japanese beach was rescued 37 hours later after drifting in an inflatable swim ring more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) in the Pacific Ocean, officials said Thursday. Japan's coast guard launched a search for the...
Root for the Home Team
Above: Anchorage Bucs pitcher Angel Landazuri throws a pitch at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. Photo by James Brooks. The Alaska Baseball League is celebrating its 50th year. The league’s five teams, all from the Anchorage and Kenai Peninsula areas, play an annual season that begins in June and wraps up with a post-season “Top of the World” tournament in early August. The collegiate league uses equipment that meets Minor League specifications, and its players are unpaid so they can maintain NCAA eligibility.
New federal program aims to speed restoration of damaged Alaska streams and rivers
Around Alaska, particularly in the Interior region, there are streams, creeks and rivers that were damaged by mining conducted as far back as the mid-19th century. The Bureau of Land Management, a federal agency of the Department of the Interior, now has a new program intended to speed up work to fix those historic damages. […] The post New federal program aims to speed restoration of damaged Alaska streams and rivers appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
ATV collides with SUV in Sterling, seriously injuring two
An SUV collided with an all-terrain vehicle in Sterling on Monday, according to Alaska State Troopers. The collision, which injured three people, occurred at the intersection of Robinson Loop Road and Valley View Road, across the Sterling Highway from Scout Lake. Troopers say two teenagers operating the all-terrain vehicle failed...
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