(Kenai, AK) – Thursday, Kenai Superior Court Judge Lance Joanis sentenced 24-year-old River John George Aspelund to 99 years in prison, with no eligibility for parole, for brutally killing his mother in Sept. 2022. A Kenai jury found Aspelund guilty of Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, Manslaughter, and Tampering […]
The sentences include worldwide hunting and fishing bans for both defendants. ANCHORAGE – Two Wasilla men were sentenced last Tuesday for running an illegal guide-outfitter business out of Kodiak that resulted in the harvest of Sitka black-tailed deer and black bears in violation of the Lacey Act. One defendant received a six-month prison sentence […]
(Anchorage, Alaska) – Monday, an Anchorage jury convicted Martin Murray, 50, of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree. The conviction stems from conduct that took place on June 16, 2025 in Town Square Park, when an officer observed a man performing oral sex on an unconscious woman. Medics transported the victim to the hospital, […]
The U.S. Navy will commission the future Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) in Whittier, Alaska. The ship is named in honor of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska in recognition of his military service, advocacy for Alaska statehood, and 40 year tenure in the United States Senate. A World War […]