Akiachak man shot his brother to death in a fight over alcohol, troopers say
The man then turned the gun on himself but survived his injuries, troopers said.
Crime & Courts
Police: Woman badly injured when stolen pickup fleeing officers strikes other vehicles
The truck rammed an Anchorage police vehicle, veered into oncoming traffic then collided with two other vehicles, police said. The driver was detained.
Police: Man’s death in East Anchorage camp was a homicide
The man was found Thursday evening in a wooded area off DeBarr Road in Muldoon.
Native women in Nome say police ignored rapes or failed to thoroughly investigate them
A grassroots struggle in the Western Alaska town illustrates how a history of racial disparity and unacknowledged trauma has undermined efforts to address what the human rights group Amnesty USA has called an epidemic of sexual assaults against Native women.
A third trial in the killing of a Palmer teen is underway. But this time it’s in Fairbanks.
There’s less direct evidence against Bradley Renfro than other teens already convicted in the killing of a popular 16-year-old in 2016.
Police arrest man in Loussac Library vandalism that damaged Alaskana items
Anchorage police officers recognized him while responding to a report of a trespasser in the area of 36th Avenue and Springer Street.
Police seek suspect in Anchorage library vandalism that damaged Alaskana items
The man entered Loussac Library on Saturday while it was open.
Double-murder trial in Juneau highlights drug trade there
Laron Carlton Graham, 42, went on trial for two counts of first-degree murder in Juneau Superior Court last week.
Troopers: Someone has been cutting hair off horses in Fairbanks
“An unknown individual had entered a property and cut the hair off of a horse,” troopers said. It was apparently not an isolated incident.
Soldotna man drove excavator into his own house with family inside, troopers say
Matthew Leadens is charged with assault and DUI.
APD: Silver Chevy pickup sought after hit-and-run on pedestrian near downtown Anchorage
The truck struck the man in the roadway near Ingra Street and 12th Avenue just before 3 a.m. and then left the scene northbound, police said.
Alaska will pay $100,000 and change procedures to settle lawsuit over treatment of Muslim inmates
The lawsuit alleged that the alternative Ramadan meals offered to two inmates were dangerously meager.
She leapt from a van on the Kenai Peninsula to escape her rapist. Then she waited 18 years for an arrest.
Anna Sattler’s rape kit sat untested for almost 20 years as Alaska’s backlog got worse. Now, an ex-Iditarod musher faces charges, and she’s speaking publicly about the attack for the first time.
Alaska man arrested in Philippines charged with rape and kidnapping after long-delayed DNA test
Carmen Perzechino Jr. was charged after investigators matched his DNA to evidence that sat untested for years.
Sand Point men charged with manslaughter after counterfeit pills are linked to overdoses, one fatal
Police in the Aleutian Islands village said counterfeit oxycodone pills may have been contaminated with fentanyl.
Arrest made in Hillside brush fire after man found near second suspicious blaze
The 29-year-old told police he set a fire near Service High School last month to get warm and tried to put out another one he started this week in South Anchorage.
Unalaska recovers much of $3 million taken in phishing email scam
City Manager Erin Reinders expects insurance will cover the remainder of the stolen city funds.
Oregon man arrested, charged with teen’s murder in 41-year-old Anchorage cold case
Shelley Connolly was killed in January 1978 after being beaten, sexually assaulted, dragged behind a car and tossed off the road.
Troopers say man led Sterling Highway chase after driving past Swan Lake Fire barricades
A 48-year-old Cooper Landing man has been charged with assault and criminal mischief after running from U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Alaska State Troopers Friday morning.
Anchorage police investigate 19-year-old’s apparent shooting death as suspicious
Officers were called to the 5600 block of Alora Loop in northeast Anchorage for a report of a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.