ANCHORAGE (December 26, 2019) – Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year’s resolution lists. There are currently more than 103,000 smokers in Alaska and 56 percent of them tried to quit last year. New ads from e-cigarettes companies would have those smokers falsely believe that switching […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a Soldotna address on Monday afternoon after receiving a report of a stabbing that had just occurred there. At the residence, AST opened an investigation and contacted Laura Sandoval, age 33. Troopers would find that Sandoval had stabbed her boyfriend in the neck. Further, it would be found that […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Dennis Weston, 55, of Anchorage, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve four years in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release, on one count of sexual exploitation of a child – possession of child pornography. Weston pleaded guilty as […]
You’ve probably seen this play out in your neighborhood, town or village. Seemingly oblivious to danger, a group of teenagers pass between themselves a small black device that looks like a USB drive. They chat and take turns inhaling from the device, while a small puff of aerosol trails behind them. E-cigarette, or vaping, […]