The Alutiiq Museum will close its gallery on July 13th to prepare its Mission Road facilities for a major renovation. After five years of planning and fundraising, museum staff will ready the building for construction. Groundbreaking on a $13.89M expansion and renovation is scheduled to begin in August. Construction will add 3,400 ft2 to its […]
“Voters have a message for Kevin McCarthy,” said one critic of the House speaker’s proposed fiscal commission: “Hands off Social Security and Medicare!” As House Republicans advance a budget proposal that one leading critic warns would “destroy Social Security as we know it,” a survey published Wednesday showed U.S. voters overwhelmingly oppose the creation of the fiscal […]
FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office Caution Travelers Amid Rise in Criminal Conduct on Commercial Aircraft ANCHORAGE – On June 24, 2023, the FBI arrested Christian David Burch, 37, of Minneapolis, MN, for multiple crimes aboard an aircraft to include interference with flight crew members and attendants, and simple assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction. On Saturday, […]
(Kodiak, AK) – Last Thursday, retired Supreme Court Justice Joel Bolger found 49-year-old Nathan Benton guilty of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree after a four-day trial for conduct that occurred in Kodiak in 2020. Benton chose […]