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673d ABW nominated for presidential award, will compete at Air Force level
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- The 673d Air Base Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, has been named Pacific Air Forces’ nominee for the 2024 Commander-in-Chief’s annual Award for Installation Excellence, and will now compete at the Department of the Air Force level. The CINC IEA was established in 1985 by...
Former Houston city treasurer sentenced to prison for wire fraud, money laundering, tax evasion
Former City of Houston Treasurer Jess Adams was sentenced on July 9, 2024 to two and half years in prison for embezzling more than $1.16 million from the City of Houston and later from a Wasilla-based equipment company, and then evading taxes on the embezzled profits alleged to have taken place from 2015 to 2022.
Man wounded by officers in East Anchorage had earlier threatened strangers with shotgun, charges say
Update, 8 a.m. Thursday: The Anchorage Police Department on Thursday identified Brandon Stack and Jacob Jones as the officers who shot Damien Dollison on Monday. The department hired Jones in December 2016 and Stack in June 2017, officials said. Jones was also one of four officers who fired at 34-year-old...
Russian Jack singletrack trails bring easy access to biking enthusiasts in East Anchorage
Taylor Salsbury and Konnor Kiddle stopped for a quick breather on Tuesday at Anchorage’s Russian Jack Springs Park, a brief stop in the midst of a fun-filled sunny afternoon. The two friends were among the many dozens of bikers riding the new singletrack trails developed at the vast East...
Goals for new Alaska crime law range from harsher penalties for drug dealers to reducing recidivism
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday signed into law a bill originally aimed at curbing the meteoric rise in opioid overdoses in the state, but which turned into comprehensive crime legislation that Alaska lawmakers approved in the final hours of the legislative session. A bill-signing ceremony was held at the Department...
Multiple mid-July Mat-Su fishery changes
Since writing last week’s column I’ve heard of sockeye salmon being caught at Fish Creek out Knik Goose Bay Road. 54 sockeye were recorded passing the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) Fish Creek Weir through Monday July 8. Sport sockeye catches will likely increase as more fish migrate upstream through Sunday June 14. The Fish Creek salmon sport fishery will then close on July 15. From July 15 - 31 the Fish Creek dip net fishery MAY open, by emergency order, if ADF&G determines adequate escapement through the weir will likely occur.. Note: within the past decade I believe the earliest the Fish Creek personal use dip net fishery has ever opened has been July 19.
Virginia pastor facing federal charge after allegedly assaulting his wife over flight upgrade
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Virginia pastor is facing federal charges after he allegedly hit his wife in the head during a flight when she got upgraded and he didn't. The incident allegedly occurred on July 2 on board an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska. According to...
Brian Steven Smith sentenced to 226 years for the murders of 2 Native Alaskan women
Brian Steven Smith has been sentenced to 226 years in prison for the deaths of two Native Alaskan women, Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. Smith was found guilty in February on 14 criminal counts, including first and second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and sexual assault in the deaths of both women. He declined to speak at Friday's hearing and did not speak at all throughout the trial.
Pilots score another win over Mat-Su
The Mat-Su Miners came into Mulcahy Stadium on Thursday with one thing on their mind, redemption. After suffering an 11-3 loss to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots the day before, Mat-Su was looking to get back into the swing of things by revving up the offense on the road.
AK Anchorage AK Zone Forecast
Anchorage- Including the cities of Anchorage, Eagle River, Indian,. ...STRONG WIND THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows in the upper 40s. to mid 50s. Southeast wind 10 to 25 mph becoming variable 10 mph. after midnight. Along Turnagain Arm and higher. elevations...southeast wind 35...
Albertsons lists 18 Alaska Carrs Safeway stores planned for divestiture in proposed merger with Kroger
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A list of planned stores that will be divested by the parent company of Carrs-Safeway includes 18 locations in Alaska. In a release on its company website, Albertsons Companies, Inc. listed a total of 579 store locations around the country — most of them in the Western United States — that are planned to be divested by the company as part of its merger with the Kroger Company. Kroger is the parent company of Fred Meyer.
JBER soldier charged in infant son’s shaken-baby death
A soldier at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is accused of fatally shaking his infant son while he was on leave to care for the child this spring. Spc. Antonius Meyers, 24, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, manslaughter and six assault counts in the child’s death, the state Department of Law announced Tuesday. Army officials say Meyers, a mechanic in the 11th Airborne Division, enlisted in 2021 and arrived in Alaska in May 2022.
Family Seeks Justice for Slain Army Private in Anchorage Shooting
Months after a young army private was killed in Anchorage his family is pleading for the public's help. Jaivion Hawkins, 21, was shot and killed over Thanksgiving weekend inside a home on Greenland Drive. More than eight months later, there have been no arrests in the case. Hawkins' family is...
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