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Man gets 226-year prison sentences for killing 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years in prison. Brian Steven Smith was sentenced for the deaths of Kathleen Henry in 2019 and Veronica Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019, seven months after they last saw her. Judge Kevin Saxby said their deaths were “the stuff of nightmares.” Authorities said Smith filmed Henry’s torture. His cellphone was later stolen. The person who found the images transferred them to a memory card and turned them over to police.
Man gets 226 years in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies "everybody always dies" was sentenced Friday to
'How the hell did you get the upgrade?': Man accused of assaulting wife on Seattle flight
SEATTLE — A man was arrested in Alaska after allegedly assaulting his wife over her getting a seat upgrade on a flight from Seattle to Anchorage last week. Roger Holmberg was charged with assault after an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight on July 2. Per an affidavit reviewed by KING 5, the crew on board the flight became aware that a male passenger had struck a female passenger. Alaska Airlines told KING 5 that he was banned from its flights due to the incident.
RIM Architects Joins Global Services Firm
The mural at RIM headquarters on 645 G Street was redone in 2022. An architecture firm with deep roots in Anchorage is joining a global services company. RIM Architects has partnered before with Australia-based GHD, and that partnership becomes more permanent with a formal acquisition. Under Employee Ownership. Founded in...
OPINION: You can help make Anchorage safer from wildfires
I thank the Anchorage Daily News editorial board for sounding the alarm about Anchorage’s wildfire problem (”Sooner or later, Anchorage’s wildfire luck will run out”). The fire hazard on the Anchorage Hillside, coupled with the volume of homes and infrastructure there, constitutes one of the highest risks facing our community. Risk exposure mapping recently completed by Dr. Jen Schmidt with the University of Alaska’s Institute of Social and Economic Research suggests that what happened in Lahaina, Hawaii, could happen here (and nearly did in 2016) – an intense wind-driven fire advancing downhill consuming many homes and taking many lives. The risk is exacerbated by the very real possibility that state wildfire-fighting resources, which are already stretched thin, may be committed to fighting fires elsewhere in the state.
Brian Smith sentenced to 226 years for killings of two Alaska Native women
Brian Smith, convicted in February of killing two Alaska Native women, was sentenced to 226 years in prison Friday. In an Anchorage courtroom packed with family members, advocates and members of the media, Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby handed down the sentence, which ensures that Smith will spend the rest of his life in prison for the deaths of Veronica Abouchuk in 2018 and Kathleen Jo Henry in 2019.
Friday: Twins top South, fall to Service
The American Legion Post 20 Twins split a doubleheader in Anchorage on Friday, beating South 3-0 in eight innings before losing to Service 10-0 in six innings. The Twins are now 7-4 in the league and 14-9 overall. Service is 11-0 and 19-5, while South is 6-6 and 10-12. Post 20 is in fifth place in the league. The Twins stay on the road to play Palmer at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
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