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
OPINION: Kenai Borough’s deadly fentanyl crisis requires robust enforcement crackdown
The Kenai Peninsula does not lack compassion for those caught in addiction; it lacks the institutional will to treat opioid trafficking as the violent commercial-criminal enterprise that it
Mat-Su looks to let qualified staff conceal carry on school grounds
The Mat-Su School Board is looking to update its school safety policy by permitting qualified district employees, board members, and contracted individuals to voluntarily carry concealed handguns on school
Anchorage pedestrian deaths hit record high amid ‘equity’ inspired jaywalking
Record high pedestrian deaths may put pressure on the Anchorage Assembly to consider reversing a 2023 policy that decriminalized jaywalking in the name of promoting so-called “equity” in local law
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