Ketchikan Jury Convicts Justin Carpenter on Multiple Counts of Felony Assault

Ketchikan Jury Convicts Justin Carpenter on Multiple Counts of Felony Assault

  (Ketchikan, AK) – On April 17, 2026, a Ketchikan jury convicted Justin Carpenter of multiple counts of Felony Assault, following a three-day trial. The charges stemmed from an incident from the evening of Oct. 18, 2025. Justin Carpenter was intoxicated and trying to do laundry when an altercation ensued with his roommate. Carpenter claimed that […]

Alaskans Report Record-Breaking Financial Losses from Cyber-Enabled Crimes

Alaskans Report Record-Breaking Financial Losses from Cyber-Enabled Crimes

  FBI releases 2025 Internet Crime Report The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released its 2025 Internet Crime Report and accompanying state reports. The latest report includes information from more than 1 million complaints of cyber-enabled crimes that cost Americans nearly $21 billion in 2025 – a 26% increase in losses from 2024. Complaints […]

Delegation Secures Federal Funding for Ports Across Alaska

Delegation Secures Federal Funding for Ports Across Alaska

  Washington, DC—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today touted more than $115.4 million in federal funding they helped secure for ports across Alaska. Seven projects that the delegation advocated for were selected through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), which Congress created in […]

Alaska climate report: March 2026 saw dangerous weather

Alaska climate report: March 2026 saw dangerous weather

  March brought a series of dangerous and disruptive weather events across Alaska. Severe cold combined with powerful storms to affect communities statewide, according to the monthly summary from the Alaska Climate Research Center. The Alaska Climate Research Center, which is a part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, published its March summary earlier this […]