JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Suspended in her parachute harness, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot descended toward the frigid Interior Alaska landscape. In the dead of winter, the temperature plummeted to 35 degrees below zero and cast a blanket of ice fog obscuring the ground. Though the pilot is trained and equipped to survive for a short […]
(Juneau, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced two critical pieces of legislation designed to bolster Alaska’s economic development and enhance public safety services. These bills aim to address essential infrastructure needs and improve the efficiency of state services while fostering economic growth and fiscal responsibility. The proposed bills include: 1. Alaska Railroad Corporation Bonding Authority […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Tuesday, a Fairbanks jury found 25-year-old Shaheed Fleming guilty of 23 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and other exploitation, involving three different victims. He was acquitted of one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree, involving a fourth victim. In 2021, Fleming sexually abused a 13-year-old […]
(Fairbanks) – Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced Joshua Butcher, 44, to 85 years for the Nov. 7, 2021, shooting at a Safeway in Fairbanks. Butcher shot and killed Harley Titus, 41, just outside the entrance of the store and then proceeded to fire multiple shots inside the Safeway, injuring one employee and placing multiple other […]