After Mass Dismissals in Anchorage, Alaska Officials Step in to Help Prosecute Crimes
The state offered to send up to 10 prosecutors to Anchorage days after the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica reported that ...
The last in-person vote in the US will be cast on the desolate tundra of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become ...
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South Anchorage candidates are seeking state House seat after 2022 losses
Denny Wells, a Democrat who barely lost last time, faces off against Mia Costello, a Republican who represented the area in ...
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Anchorage prosecutor shortage leads to hundreds of criminal cases dismissed
City officials are working to hire more prosecutors, and state prosecutors were said to be stepping in to help.
Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and DUI Cases Are Being Dismissed en Masse in Anchorage
An effort to clear a backlog in the court system, combined with a lack of prosecutors, has led hundreds of people charged ...
After the mass dismissal of Anchorage criminal cases, the state will assist in city prosecutions
This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network. The Alaska Department of Law announced plans Tuesday to help Anchorage city prosecutors take criminal cases to trial ...
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Alaska’s top marijuana, alcohol official resigns to become administrative law judge
Joan Wilson had served as the state’s top alcohol and marijuana official since being appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy in April ...
Nearly $75M in federal grants to help Alaska Native communities with climate impacts
Nearly $75 million in federal grant funds over the next five years will be aimed at helping Alaska Native communities as they ...
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Leader of Anchorage drug trafficking conspiracy gets 20 years for trafficking fentanyl, meth
The leader of an Anchorage drug trafficking conspiracy was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison and five years’ ...
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Crash Course for iHeartMedia Stations in Alaska
Joe “Crash” Albrecht, a familiar voice on iHeartMedia radio stations in Anchorage, is promoted to Senior Vice President of ...
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Alaskans to vote on measure raising the minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave
Alaska voters will weigh in on a ballot measure that would increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027 and ...