(Palmer, AK) – On Aug. 21, 2025, a jury in Palmer found Josiah Martin, 39, guilty of distribution of indecent material to a minor. The State’s theory at trial was that Martin had shown a video to a minor (under age 16) and the video contained bestiality and other sexual acts. A jury returned a […]
Kodiak, Alaska — September 23–25, 2025 — The Alaska Outdoor Alliance, together with co-presenters Koniag, Inc. and Island Trails Network, invites changemakers from across Alaska to the 10th Annual Confluence Summit, an immersive, hybrid “unconference” designed to co-create a 10-year regenerative vision for Alaska’s outdoors. With Alaska’s $3.2 billion outdoor recreation economy at a crossroads—facing […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday, an Anchorage jury convicted 34-year-old Brian Steven Smith of two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree and two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. On Aug. 30, 2020, an 11-year-old girl called 911 to report that Smith, had been sexually […]
Early on Tuesday morning in Kenai a 36-year-old woman was jogging 50 yards from her home near Chinook Drive when she was attacked by a bear. She was seriously injured in the attack between 5:00 AM and 5:30 AM. According to the report, the bear emerged from a nearby property, attacking her and dragging her […]