REPORT: Anchorage crime surges drive overall state increases
Crime surges across Anchorage drive overall increase in statewide
Fairbanks resolves to block immigration officers from ‘safe-space’ schools
In a unanimously approved resolution filled with open disdain for President Trump’s efforts to enforce longstanding U.S. immigration laws, the left-wing Fairbanks School Board voted on Aug. 18 to reaffirm its commitment to block federal agents who seek
Owners of Alaska assisted living homes indicted for alleged $14.6M in fraud
On Aug. 4, an Alaska grand jury indicted the owners of three assisted living homes that provide residential care and support services in the Anchorage
U.S. Supremes to hear case of Alaska pilot who lost his plane over a 6-pack of beer
Nearly 15 years ago, Alaska bush pilot Ken Jouppi lost his $95,000 airplane when law enforcement officers spotted a six-pack of beer on board. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up Jouppi’s case to determine whether confiscation of his plane was
Alaska Troopers shoot and kill child sex offender during standoff
While attempting to negotiate his surrender, Phillips brandished his firearm in the direction of the officers and was subsequently shot by members of the Trooper SWAT Team. He was pronounced dead at the
Alaska man guilty of sexually abusing 12-year-old boy is on the run
A 58-year-old Alaskan man has been found guilty of sexually abusing of a minor boy, but he remains at large and on the
Former Chevak mayor indicted for sex abuse of Alaska girls
On June 23, a Bethel Grand Jury returned an indictment charging former Chevak mayor Ulric Jeffrey Ulroan with 47 counts related to allegations that he sexually assaulted and/or abused various teenage girls between 2009 and 2025 in Chevak, Anchorage, Mountain
Alaska assisted living and personal care groups busted in fraud takedown
Several Alaska businesses that offer assisted living and personal care to vulnerable residents in need were busted as part of a larger nationwide effort to bust individuals and organizations engaged in health care fraud schemes that undermine public
OPINION: After 10 years, Talkeetna is still without law enforcement
Talkeetna residents should not have to wonder whether help is 45 minutes away when an emergency
Alaska doctor who owned karate/dance studio sentenced for possessing child porn
A Wasilla neurologist was sentenced on June 15 to 3.4 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material
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