Alaska's Governor Parnell wrote a letter urging the commander of the Pacific Air Forces, General Herbert Carlisle, to conduct an open and thorough assessment before taking action with regards to an Environmental Impact Statement review.
(SITKA, Alaska) – Eighteen new law enforcement officers from five different state and municipal agencies graduated from the Department of Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka Friday. A graduation ceremony at the Sheet'Ka Kwaan Na'Kaa Hidi Building in Sitka ended the Alaska Law Enforcement Training (ALET) Session No. 12-02.
Fairbanks Police credit a misfire by a woman's kidnapper with saving her life according to Fairbanks News Miner reporter Sam Friedman.
A federal judge sentenced Spokane, Wash., Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. to 51 months in prison followed by three years supervised release for civil rights and obstruction violations stemming from his March 18, 2006, beating of an unarmed citizen and an extensive cover-up that followed, the Justice Department announced today.