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
Rally calls out thieves and vandals who mar Alaska politics, spread hate
An Aug. 5 rally in Anchorage called out recent incidents of smashed and stolen political signs and the spread of hateful and racist
OPINION: ‘Here Be Dragons’ – To justify wrongdoing, is to stare into the abyss
Those vandalizing political signs in Alaska should heed the ancient maps that carried a warning at their edges: "Here be dragons." Beyond the known world lay uncertainty, danger, and monsters of the imagination. It wasn't really about dragons but the boundary
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
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
Anchorage and Mat-Su massage parlors targeted in sex trafficking sting
Law enforcement officers executed search warrants this week at seven illicit massage parlors across Anchorage and the Mat-Su as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected sex trafficking and
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