ANCHORAGE – A Canadian man was arrested in Los Angeles on July 8 after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging him with stealing over $420,000 of his mother’s Social Security benefits in a nearly 30-year complex fraud scheme. According to court documents, beginning in roughly 1995, Ellis Kingsep, aka Ellis King, […]
“We must not lose sight of what is happening in Gaza, where an unprecedented humanitarian crisis continues to get even worse,” said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Israeli forces have massacred nearly 60 people in the Gaza Strip over just the past 24 hours, and the past week has been one of the deadliest since the war began more than […]
HOMER — The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct waterborne operations in the Homer vicinity over the summer as Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic augments its capabilities with small boat teams from Maritime Safety and Security Team Seattle (MSST) 91101. MSST 91101, utilizing two 29-foot response boat crews, will patrol harbors, fishing grounds, and […]
On July 15, 2024, at 1:11 pm, the Juneau Police Department was following up on an assault that occurred on July 14, 2024. An officer contacted 35-year-old Juneau resident Steven Kissack, during the contact Kissack produced a knife and refused to follow orders from the officer. The Juneau Police Officer requested additional law enforcement officers […]