Authorities say all nine people aboard a sightseeing airplane died when it crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska.
Public Safety
Police chief: Secondhand goods ordinance ‘extremely successful’
“Property crime is down significantly, but violent crime is up,” Police Chief Bryce Johnson told the Juneau Assembly.
Slideshow: Kim Estate v. Ray Coxe
Pictures of events and major figures in a recent civil trial on a wrongful death lawsuit over the taking of rifle from a Juneau gun shop that was later used in a Juneau homicide.
‘Fairbanks Four’ suspect paroled
One of four Fairbanks men fighting for exoneration from murder convictions was paroled last week. The Alaska Native community gathered in Fairbanks over the weekend to welcome home Marvin Roberts.
40-foot cruiser towed after striking rock near Coghlan Island
A 40-foot cruiser struck a rock late yesterday morning near Coghlan Island in Auke Bay.
Juneau: Boundary commission analysis was ‘constitutionally infirm’
Within 5 minutes of Juneau’s attorney beginning her arguments in the Alaska Supreme Court, the chief justice wondered out loud if Juneau had a case at all.
Alaska Supreme Court to hear Juneau v. Petersburg boundary dispute
The Alaska Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a local boundary case Wednesday morning that could redraw lines around a chunk of Southeast the size of Delaware.
Jury says Rayco Sales wasn’t liable for Simone Kim’s murder
Convicted murderer Jason Coday is found liable for $10 million damages for pain and suffering, lost income, and punitive damages.
Nikiski seeks more law enforcement as petty crime booms
One of the things that makes Nikiski so attractive to the people who live there is the same thing that makes it attractive for petty criminals: quiet, secluded neighborhoods, no cops and the space to be more or less left alone to do as you please.
Village crime victims need intervention, senators told
The U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee Wednesday heard pleas for better treatment of crime victims in Native communities.