An elected official, who recently received a death threat for publicly talking about Bethel’s heroin issue, brought forward the initiative.
Public Safety
Coast Guard hoists stranded Thunder Mountain hiker to safety
The Coast Guard hoisted a stranded hiker off of Thunder Mountain and onto an H-60 helicopter Thursday evening.
Juneau Police: ‘heightened media coverage’ may encourage threatening calls to schools
The Juneau Police Department will no longer issue press releases about threatening phone calls to schools.
Threatening phone calls continue, FBI wants schools to remain vigilant
“They may receive 10. On the 11th, we want them to make sure they’re continuing to follow the same protocol,” says FBI Anchorage spokeswoman Staci Feger-Pellessier.
Anchorage: Data show 2% dip in major crime
Though serious crimes like homicide, sexual assaults, and theft nudged slightly down from 2013 to 2014, it was not in every category.
Hoonah City Schools receives its first threatening phone call
At around the same time Juneau’s Harborview Elementary School received a threatening phone call yesterday, Hoonah City Schools received one as well.
Woman arrested for vandalizing televisions
Miranda Davison was charged with felony criminal mischief.
Missing Sitka woman’s family files for death certificate
33-year old Lael Grant was last seen in a local grocery store in the early morning of October 15, 2012. Despite an intensive search she has never been found.
Juneau Police Department remembers fallen officers
Around 25 people gathered at the Evergreen Cemetery on Friday afternoon to remember local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
No further appeals planned in Native fishing rights case
The court of appeals said the health of the diminished king salmon run outweighed the fishermen’s individual rights.