(Anchorage, AK) – On June 10, 2026, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack R. McKenna sentenced 29-year-old Nathaniel Donavan Reide Smith on multiple counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. In 2019, family members reported that Smith sexually abused them between 2013 and 2016 when they were young children. On Dec. 12, 2025, an Anchorage Jury […]
(Kodiak, AK) – On June 5, 2026, a Kodiak jury convicted 52-year-old Farrie Marie Richardson of two counts of Assault in the Third Degree and one count of Misconduct Involving Weapons in the Fourth Degree. The jury also found that an aggravating factor for directing her conduct toward law enforcement officers applied to this case. […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On June 2, 2026, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Garton sentenced Jalonni Blackshear to 150 years to serve for his guilty plea to two counts of murder for the deaths of his wife Raechyl Blackshear and his 14-year-old daughter, J.B. The charges stemmed from actions taken by Blackshear after a March 30, 2022 […]
Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 26-2 commenced May 28, bringing together more than 2,100 service members from the U.S. and partner nations for realistic air combat training at Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The exercise integrates joint and coalition forces into a realistic threat environment using the approximate 120,000 square miles of […]