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Alaska businesswoman faces prison time for tax evasion with storied Nome hotel
An Anchorage woman pleaded guilty last Wednesday to evading taxes on income from her Nome business, which was destroyed in a fatal fire in 2017. Court documents show that Tina Yi kept two sets of financial records for the Polaris hotel, bar and liquor store from 2014 until it burned down. One set of records accurately captured the business’ earnings, while the other understated its yearly income. Yi gave the false records to the accountants she hired to prepare her business’s taxes, which resulted in false federal tax returns from 2014 to 2018.
2023 Fairbanks fentanyl arrest culminates in guilty plea
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - 36-year-old Galen Smith pleaded guilty to fourth-degree drugs misconduct Wednesday in connection with possessing and selling fentanyl-laced pills. As part of the plea deal reached Wednesday, the state dropped six other felony counts of drug and weapons misconduct, some of which had presumptive sentencing ranges of up to 20 years.
Turn the car around, Julia: on performative helplessness and the future of Anchorage
Anchorage welcomed a new mayor on July 1. This little animal (along with a majority of the city’s voting public) breathed a long-awaited sigh of relief. But now that the champagne has gone still and the gritty business of running the city is at hand, it’s as good a time as any to call attention to pitfalls that could derail the new administration. Chief among them, in this little animal’s view, are the quiet (or not so quiet) voices pushing what we might call “performative helplessness” when it comes to solving a couple of the city’s most serious problems.
Smoky summer skies due to Canadian wildfires
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — If you look outside, you may notice a haze or maybe even a smell of smoke in the air. An upper northwest flow is bringing in more smoke from wildfires out in Alberta, Canada. There are also fires around Alaska and Washington state. With this hot week ahead of us, some […]
Study: The average single-family home costs more in Juneau than anywhere else in Alaska
The average sales price for a single-family home in Juneau was nearly $510,000 in 2023 — which makes it the second year in a row that Juneau had the most expensive average in Alaska. That’s according to a study released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development this month.
All Aboard for Palmer Alaska’s Storybook Scavenger Hunt!
Fireside Books and their community in Palmer, AK are hosting a Storybook Scavenger Hunt July 1- July 31, 2024, with a party August 3rd for participants and prizes. Join us for our first ever Storybook Scavenger Hunt!. Take a trip through Palmer’s local businesses throughout the month of July to...
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