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High wind watch issued for the Anchorage area over the weekend
The National Weather Service said back-to-back systems have the potential to bring winds with gusts up to 100 mph to parts of ...
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Some felony cases in Anchorage are taking 5, 7 or even 10 years to resolve, reporter finds
News and ProPublica journalist Kyle Hopkins discovered these extreme delays while looking into a sexual assault from 2017.
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Consultant lays out ways to improve Anchorage Police’s use of force policies
A consultant hired by Anchorage’s municipal attorney has nearly a dozen recommendations to improve police de-escalation and ...
Anchorage Police Say They Witnessed a Sexual Assault in Public. It Took Seven Years for the Case to Go to Trial.
In Alaska, where the time to resolve most serious felony cases has nearly tripled over the past decade, one case was delayed ...
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Anchorage officers shoot man as he opens fire on Government Hill homeowner, police say
It's the second police shooting in Anchorage within 24 hours. The suspect and homeowner were both hospitalized.
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Anchorage jail inmate dies after December assault by Juneau man
The Alaska Department of Law said 33-year-old Lawrence Fenumiai of Juneau is now charged with second-degree murder in his ...
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Scientific sampling of Anchorage fin whale continues after temps cool
November, scientists have harvested samples of everything from a fin whale, from the animal's heart, blubber, skin, baleen ...
Outside review of Easter Leafa killing by Anchorage police calls for changes in operations
The municipality on Thursday released a third-party review into the shooting death of Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old high school student killed by Anchorage police officers in August. The review ...
Anchorage was warmer than several Florida cities this morning. How cold did it get?
It was warmer in Anchorage — yes, that Anchorage, in Alaska — than it was in some parts of Florida early Wednesday morning.
‘It’s a tough problem to address': Anchorage police captain speaks to challenges of housing the unhoused
Being unhoused and relying on odd jobs to get by for roughly the last nine years, Alex says the cycle of abatements is ...
Anchorage Assembly postpones vote on sales tax proposals
Anchorage residents won't see a sales tax proposal on the ballot in the April city election. The Assembly on Tuesday postponed voting on a bevy of competing ballot measures to institute a sales tax in ...
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Alaska Bar Association to provide free legal help on MLK Day
The Alaska Bar Association is providing free legal help on MLK Day in Anchorage, Bethel, Fairbanks and Juneau.