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Woman found dead in hot Houston condo hours before power was restored
HOUSTON (KHOU) - A heart-breaking discovery was made at a Houston condominium complex still without power more than a week after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the city and knocked out power to millions. Firefighters found the body of a woman just before noon Tuesday at a 1960s-era condo complex in...
AOTW: Alaska wrestler Levi Hopkins takes gold at U23 Pan-American Games
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Palmer wrestler Levi Hopkins bet on himself, which his how he went from Alaska State Champion to U23 Pan-American Gold medalist. “It was always a dream of mine as a kid to wrestle internationally and to represent the United State through that way,” Hopkins said.
The street named by a young Harry Potter fan, finally gets its sign
It's official. Grimmauld Place is now an actual street in the city of Anchorage. Your Alaska Link stopped by to see the new street sign that was just put up. Grimmauld Place is the name of a street in the world of Harry Potter. Fans know it's where Harry's godfather...
Killer filmed himself torturing two Alaska Native women: ‘In my movies, everyone dies’
A man who filmed himself torturing two Alaska Native women and was heard saying that in his movies “everybody always dies,” was sentenced Friday to 226 years in prison.Brian Steven Smith received 99-year sentences each for the deaths of Kathleen Henry, 30, and Veronica Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019, seven months after they last saw her.The remaining 28 years were for other charges, including sexual assault and tampering with evidence. Alaska does not have the death penalty.Smith, a native of South Africa who became a naturalized US citizen shortly before torturing and...
Man who filmed deadly torture learns fate in killings of Alaska women
A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard in a video of the torture death of one of them saying that in his movies "everybody always dies" was sentenced Friday to 226 years in prison.Brian Steven Smith received 99-year sentences each for the deaths of Kathleen Henry, 30, and Veronica Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019, seven months after they last saw her."Both were treated about as horribly as a person can be treated," Alaska Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby said when imposing the sentence."It's the stuff of nightmares," Saxby...
Another round of rain for Southeast before a break
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Southeast will see another round of moderate to sometimes heavy rain for Wednesday. Juneau is expected to see another inch of rain and Sitka could see more than 1.5 inches coming down. Petersburg is also expected to see heavy rain with a possible total of more than 2 inches. Most of that rain will fall before evening. Thursday will be a pause between systems but more rain is expected on Friday.
Holy Terror! Former Pastor Banned From Airline After Mid-Flight Attack… On His Own Wife!
ST. PAUL, MN – In a shocking turn of events, Roger Allan Holmberg Sr., a former pastor turned aspiring country music singer, has been banned from Alaska Airlines after an alleged violent outburst towards his wife during a flight from Seattle to Anchorage on July 2. The incident, which...
JBER welcomes new installation commander, Col. Lisa Mabbutt
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — U.S. Air Force Col. Lisa Mabbutt assumed command of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and the 673d Air Base Wing during a change of command ceremony July 16. Mabbutt will oversee the operations of the wing’s four groups, and maintain the joint base for air sovereignty, combat...
State finds police use of force justified in downtown Anchorage shooting
A state review has found the use of force by two Anchorage police officers was justified when they shot and wounded a man accused of killing someone in a crowded downtown Anchorage parking lot last month. The review, shared with Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case in an 11-page letter analyzing...
As the death investigation of Steven Kissack begins, special prosecution office explains its process
The state agency that will review Monday’s fatal police shooting of Steven Kissack has assessed 148 officer-involved shootings since 2010, none of which resulted in a recommendation of criminal charges, Alaska Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore said Wednesday. Top Department of Law officials held a press conference Wednesday in...
Miners score sudden death win
After defeating the Anchorage Bucs for the first time in 2024, the Mat-Su Miners went back to the scene of the crime two days later to go double or nothing against the top team in the ABL. This game however would prove to be no ordinary meeting on the diamond,...
Alaska federal judge rejects 2022 Cook Inlet lease sale for further environmental review
A federal judge on Tuesday overturned a 2022 lease sale held in Cook Inlet’s federal waters southwest of Anchorage. The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason sides with conservation groups who had argued that the environmental review leading to the sale was inadequate. The groups argued that the government did not fully analyze the impacts of potential oil and gas activity from the lease sale to Cook Inlet’s endangered beluga whales, among other shortcomings.
Recent missing seniors highlight use of Silver Alert system
On July 17, just after midnight, Alaska State Troopers received a report of a missing person, last known to be in the Willow area. Troopers are attempting to locate Lena Batt, age 66. Batt was last seen riding in a green medium pickup truck, though there were no tags reported....
Houston council selects interim council member
Following the resignation of Councilman Mike Adams—not related to the former City of Houston Treasurer Jess Adams who was sentenced to two and half years for embezzlement—the City of Houston council members held a special election during the regularly scheduled council meeting on July 11. Three members of...
Salmon return to Mat-Su streams
Fish Creek Closes After Providing Early July Harvest Opportunity. Fish Creek near Knik Goose-Bay Road provided one of the best Mat-Su sport salmon fishing options I know of during the past week with sockeye salmon arriving and milling about in the lower creek below the bridge on most high tides. I saw anglers or their vehicles near the creek on most days that I drove past. Paul Warta gave me two reports of catching sockeye salmon at Fish Creek both times he fished the creek this past week, and I heard about other anglers’ successes there as well. On Sunday June 14 more than 3,000 sockeye swam past the Fish Creek Weir in the first daily weir passage count exceeding 1,000 salmon anywhere in the Mat-Su Valley during 2024. Later that same evening at 10:01 p.m.the fishery closed to sport fishing in preparation to the personal use dip net fishery that may run sometime later during July (based on additional sockeye salmon passage past the weir).
Arctic Thunder 2024 is this weekend at JBER
The Arctic Thunder Open House returns to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this weekend, a free two-day event featuring aerial acrobatics and military demonstrations. The biennial event runs Saturday and Sunday with U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds air demonstration squadron and the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights. The event is free...
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