Crime & Courts

Johnson-Barr’s death rippled across the state, generating outrage over the high rates of violence against Alaska Native women and children.

Anthony Lee Herring faces nine felony charges related to the shooting, including for first-degree murder.

Chisholm’s illegal prescriptions “significantly contributed” to the accidental deaths of five patients, who are listed in the document only by their initials, according to the plea agreement.

The 215 bandanas, symbolic of the residential school children who died in British Columbia, will remain along the Chena River footbridge until the solstice, a span of 215 hours.

Altogether, Jeffrey Fultz is accused of eight felony counts of sexual assault and one count of harassment from alleged incidents that happened between 2014 and 2020. 

Alaskans have been affected by cyberattacks in various ways, whether it’s leaked private information from the Permanent Fund dividend program or the shutdown of online court or health department services.

Kenneth Manzanares, 43, on Thursday was also sentenced to five years of supervised release if he finishes serving out his 30 year federal prison term.

Only about 16% of inmates who applied for discretionary parole were released in 2020, down from a high of 66% in 2015.

The director and curator of the Alaska Jewish Museum said they were shocked when they found several stickers showing a swastika on the windows of their museum, but they say they won’t be intimidated by the harassment. 

Anchorage police is asking for help to find who posted the black and white stickers showing swastikas and the words “we are everywhere.”