Historic Kodiak Police Department Will be Demolished
A part of Kodiak's history is being demolished. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports demolition work is underway on the old Kodiak Police Department building. The city bought the building on Mill Bay Road...
View ArticleMan Tased, Pepper-Sprayed After Trying to Bite Trooper in Fight
An Alaska State Trooper responding to an unconscious man, who threatened and tried to bite him inside a Wasilla home, Tased and pepper-sprayed the man then took him into custody early Tuesday morning....
View ArticleFlooding, Landslides Cut Roads, Power on Prince of Wales Island
Flooding on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska has caused several landslides Tuesday, blocking roads and downing power lines according to Alaska State Troopers. A National Weather Service...
View ArticleKetchikan Files School Funding Lawsuit
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alaska over school funding. The Ketchikan Daily News reports borough members on Friday approved the lawsuit, and it was filed...
View ArticleA Year Later, Mother Still Pained by Son's Unsolved Murder
It’s been a year since two roommates were found dead in their apartment on Irwin Street, and Anchorage police are still trying to track down the person, or persons, responsible. Melvin Kosbruk, 28,...
View ArticleMember of 'Hip-Hop' Drug Conspiracy Gets More Than 5 Years
Antonio Fleming, 35, was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years in prison for charges related to a drug conspiracy prosecutors say he helped run through an Anchorage-based hip-hop music label and...
View ArticleDisplaced Victims Recover From Fire
More than 30 people were displaced from the fire that ripped through the Anchorage Sands apartment complex late Monday afternoon. Nineteen of those victims spent the night at the Spenard Recreation...
View ArticleSuspect Arrested in December House Party Shooting
Anchorage police have arrested 22-year-old Gregory Fort, the man police named as a suspect in a December shooting at a house party. Fort was wanted on two counts of first-degree assault in connection...
View ArticleState Backs Feds in Lawsuit over Fisheries Management
A group of fish processors, permit holders and crew members are suing the federal government over a measure giving the Department of Commerce broad authority to manage and conserve coastal fisheries....
View ArticleAssembly Approves New Ordinance to Fight Synthetic Drug Sales
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View ArticleSelling Synthetic Drugs as 'Potpourri' or 'Bath Salts' Now Illegal
They’re advertised as potpourri or bath salts, but Anchorage Police say small bags sold at head shops and gas stations actually contain synthetic drugs. Now the sale of those drugs will be illegal in...
View ArticleSecond Togiak Man Sentenced in Illegal Walrus Kill
A 50-year-old Togiak man will serve 15 months in prison after taking part in the illegal killing of protected walrus on Round Island. The U.S. attorney's office says in a release that Jessie Anariak...
View ArticleLate-Night Wasilla Crash Injures 2, Slows Parks Highway Traffic
Alaska State Troopers say a crash on the Parks Highway near Wasilla seriously injured two women late Tuesday night. Witnesses say troopers initially responded to the collision, on the Parks near its...
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