The Alaska Department of Public Safety and the Anchorage Police Department announced Tuesday that they are publishing new quarterly reports specifically about missing Indigenous people.
Crime & Courts
After 2 years, still no trial date for Juneau chiropractor charged with assaulting patients
Fultz now faces 19 counts of felony sexual assault and misdemeanor harassment. Some of those charges are for alleged assaults that date back to 2014.
Ombudsman recommends firing Anchorage IT director for role in election challenge
The ombudsman also says he believes there may have been a violation of state election law, and he’s forwarding his findings to the state Office of Special Prosecutions.
Former University of Alaska Fairbanks student sues school, alleging injuries from hot sauce
According to the complaint, a woman suffered months of abdominal pain and discomfort after eating the hot sauces, sought medical treatment and left UAF because of her continued pain.
2 children were hurt after someone bear-sprayed a slide at Juneau’s Twin Lakes Park
The bear spray has proved hard to clean. “They tried everything we could think of,” said George Schaaf, the city’s parks and recreation director. “Dawn dish soap and pressure washing and scrubbing.”
Alaska alleges ‘widespread fraud’ by Anchorage ATM business serving villages, small businesses
The state is accusing a man of pocketing money that belonged to ATM owners.