Final defendant pleads guilty in massive Alaska drug trafficking ring
The final defendant in a large-scale Southeast Alaska drug trafficking conspiracy pleaded guilty on June 17 to conspiring to traffic drugs and launder money connected to a transnational drug trafficking enterprise that includes more than 60 people who have
Anchorage Assembly to consider jail time, fines for illegal encampments
Amid a growing crisis of sprawling and often crime-riddled homeless camps in city parks and neighborhoods, the Anchorage Assembly is set to consider a new ordinance that would punish unauthorized encampments with up to six months in jail and up to $2,000 in
OPINION: ‘Free Palestine’ is a call to destroy Israel and exterminate Jews
The slogan “Free Palestine” is a call for the destruction of Israel and extermination of Jews
Alaskans to rally near governor’s office, urging him to uproot judicial corruption
Determined Alaskans are set to rally outside Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Anchorage offices on June 5 in hopes of inspiring him to appoint an independent commission that can publicly investigate alleged corruption and cover-ups by members of the Alaska Dept. of Law
Alaska joins state coalition urging meta to address AI sex exploitation
“Some AI personas identifying as adults engaged in sexual role-play with users identifying as children,” the letter states. “Yet other AI personas identifying as children engaged in sexual role-play with adult
Citizens’ anger boils over as Anchorage mayor defends record on homeless crisis
Anchorage's homeless crisis is not new, but it has grown noticeably worse under the hard-leftist management of the Anchorage Assembly – which for many years included now-Mayor Suzanne
3 Alaska men arrested in national sting against child sex abusers
The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders across the U.S., including three men from
Feds investigate Washington State for forcing priests to break the seal of confession
Alaska’s closest U.S. neighbor is under a federal investigation after the State of Washington passed a new law mandating all Catholic priests break the seal of confession by reporting to police what people reveal to them in the confessional
Alaskan pleads guilty to cyberstalking, sexually exploiting child
The U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Alaska announced that a Shaktoolik man pleaded guilty on May 6 to cyberstalking and sexually exploiting a child to produce child
OPINION: Alaska’s attorney general should investigate dark money influences
Since the alleged crimes of the 907 Initiative were committed in Alaska and involved political attacks on a member of the Alaska legislature, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor should investigate whether Alaska election laws have been violated.
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