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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.
Two Teens Seriously Injured In Sterling After ATV Collides With SUV
Two teenagers were hospitalized with serious injuries on Monday after the all-terrain vehicle they were riding collided with an SUV in Sterling. According to the Department of Public Safety dispatch on the incident, shortly before 4:00 p.m. on Monday, the two teens were riding a Yahama four-wheeler at the intersection of Robinson Loop Road and Valley View Road when they failed to stop at a stop sign. The driver of the ATV attempted to cross Robinson Loop Road and crashed into the side of a black Toyota FJ.
Nautical glass artwork on view at Kenai Chamber
Among the walls and display tables inside the chamber’s conference room, more than 20 pieces of Alaska-centric glass art are on view. Drawing comparisons to glass mosaics, gallery-goers may recognize some familiar characteristics of Alaska beaches — like shells, driftwood and sea stars — infused in glass pourings. Several colorful, floral glass pieces are also on display.
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.
Former Alaska City Treasurer Gets 30 Months for Embezzlement
A former Alaska city treasurer was sentenced to 30 months in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from the City of Houston, Alaska, and from a Wasilla-based equipment company, and then evading taxes on the embezzled profits, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. Jess Adams was entrusted with bookkeeping responsibilities...
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