Office of Special Prosecutions Completes Review of Officer-Involved Shooting in Juneau
(Anchorage, AK) – The Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting from Dec. 25, 2024, involving Ashley…
State Agencies Seize Illegal Hemp Products
ANCHORAGE, AK – last week, an enforcement team from the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED) Alcohol and…
Armando Velador–Padilla Sentenced to Fifty Years for the 2021 Murder of His Daughter Darla Velador
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 50-year-old Armando Velador-Padilla to a sentence of 60 years…
Delta Junction woman sentenced for interfering with joint military operations with a high-powered laser
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Delta Junction woman was sentenced last week to three years’ probation after she interfered with joint…
Celebrate Indigenous culture at the 2025 Festival of Native Arts
The 51st annual Festival of Native Arts returns to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus from Feb.…
Alaska Air National Guard rescues 2 during Presidents’ Day weekend
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard Airmen of 176th Wing saved two lives after two missions Feb.…
BIA launches Operation Spirit Return to help solve Indian Country missing and unidentified person cases
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced Thursday that the Office of Justice Services has launched Operation Spirit Return,…
AFN Continues to Advocate for Change
Advocating for Rural Education The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is committed to advocating for the needs and rights of…
‘Cathedrals of the mind’
Alaska Army National Guard officer surmounts combat trauma to command infantry battalion JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — “I wasn’t going…
Anchorage man sentenced to over 11 years for attempting to coerce a minor
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Tuesday to over 11 years in prison and will serve the rest…