Public Safety

Kenneth Manzanares who was sentenced to 30 years in prison last month in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise has died, the Alaska Department of Corrections said.

Cab drivers are more likely to be killed by homicide while on the job than workers in any other profession — four times more likely to be killed at work than police officers.

The recidivism rate for people convicted of drug and alcohol crimes and sent to jail is normally about 50%. The Fairbanks therapeutic courts report a rate of 5% to 7%.

A former Bethel elementary school principal will spend 15 years in prison for trying to entice a child to engage in sexual activity in 2019.

The new data has allowed researchers to drop their worst-case estimates for Whittier from a 30-foot wave to a 7-foot wave.

One of the fires displaced six people in three households on a single property.

The NTSB says the plane flipped on takeoff after hitting a buoy.

Last month, a woman from Bethel started a late afternoon hike in Southcentral Alaska that turned into a survival mission that spanned three days.

Sgt. Daniel Perry was stationed at Fort Hood when he shot the protester on July 25, but on Sept. 1 he began a new tour at Fort Wainwright.

After the skipper’s girlfriend brought him to a rock, a fire department volunteer on a paddleboard completed the rescue.