Inside Alaska's Prisons Part 2: Correction Officers
By Reporter Corey Allen-Young and Photojournalist Shawn Wilson. (KTUU-TV)
View ArticleInside Alaska's Prisons: Part 2
Being a correctional officer is not an easy or safe job. Officers have to be aware at all times because of the risk of an attack -- but even with that risk, the job is not all physical. You can call...
View ArticleProposed Military Cuts Could Hit Alaska's Commissaries
With Alaska already bracing for fewer soldiers serving in the Last Frontier, the latest round of proposed military budget cuts threatens to reduce some of the benefits they and their families depend...
View ArticleSouth Anchorage Credit Union Robbery Under Investigation
Local and federal law enforcement officials are investigating the robbery of a South Anchorage credit union branch early Tuesday evening. According to APD spokesperson Dani Myren, police were first...
View ArticleGas Line Bill Advances to Senate Finance Committee
A bill that may be the first step in developing a multi-billion dollar pipeline to bring Alaska’s natural gas to market had its first hearing Tuesday in the state Legislature’s Senate Finance Committee.
View ArticleGas Line Bill Advances to Senate Finance Committee
A bill that may be the first step in developing a multi-billion dollar pipeline to bring Alaska’s natural gas to market had its first hearing Tuesday in the state Legislature’s Senate Finance...
View ArticleFamily Fights to Visit Son Declared Ward of the State
A man’s visit to an Anchorage hospital has turned into a custody battle, with the parents of 27-year-old Bret Bohn saying they want to see their son -- but that the state has stripped them of that right.
View ArticleFur Rondy A Hot Event, Even Though It's Not Supposed To Be
Fur Rendezvous officials had to cancel two events this year because of a lack of snow and participation.
View ArticleAnchorage Assembly Votes on Elections, Port Expansion
The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday to move municipal elections from April to November effective in 2017, as well as appointing engineering firm CH2M HILL to manage the troubled Port of Anchorage...
View ArticleAnchorage Assembly Votes on Elections, Port Expansion
It’s an effort to generate a higher voter turnout. The anchorage assembly passed an ordinance in a 6 to 4 vote Tuesday night that will change the regular municipal election to the same date as the...
View ArticleAniak ATV Crash Medevacs Driver, Injures Passenger
Alaska State Troopers are investigating an all-terrain vehicle crash in Aniak as a possible criminal case. Aniak Troopers took a call Saturday around 1:40 p.m. that a four-wheeler carrying two people...
View ArticleHealth Program Provision Stripped from Abortion Bill
The House Finance Committee has voted to strip from an abortion funding bill language that the state make available a women's health program. The language was added to SB49 on the Senate floor...
View ArticleFamily Fights to Visit Son Declared Ward of the State
It started as sleepless nights and has turned into a living nightmare according to the family of Bret Bohn. His mother, Lorraine Bohn, says she took her son to Providence Hospital last October because...
View ArticleJBER Airman Found Dead at His Off-base Home
A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant was found dead in his Eagle River home, officials at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson announced Wednesday. Air Force Staff Sgt. Samuel Davis, 33, was pronounced dead by...
View ArticleChinook Fishermen to Get $20 million for 2012 Disaster
Yukon-Kuskowkim and Cook Inlet fishermen who suffered low Chinook salmon runs in 2012 are getting more than $20 million in federal relief. The Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that $20.8...
View ArticleTwo Critically Injured in Fairbanks Apartment Shooting
An apparent exchange of gunfire left two men critically wounded at an apartment complex in Fairbanks. The city mayor's office says two armed men at about 2 a.m. Tuesday entered an apartment with...
View ArticleAmerican Comfort Food Moves Into West Anchorage
Rustic Goat, a new eatery in West Anchorage, opened this month with lots of fanfare and anticipation. The restaurant, at 2802 West Northern Lights Blvd., is the newest project from Kaladi Brothers...
View ArticleQuinhagak Woman was Strangled, Early Report Says
A 26-year-old Quinhagak man charged with the murder of a 25-year-old village woman told troopers she died after she fell and hit her head on a board outside his home. Harold Smith was arrested...
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