JUNEAU, Alaska – A Juneau man was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing a young boy to produce child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) and post the visuals on the dark web. According to court documents, from March to August 2024, William Steadman, 35, manipulated and groomed a vulnerable 10-year-old boy […]
(Ketchikan, AK) –Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Mills announced a second settlement in recent weeks with a business purporting to sell Alaskan gold. Similar to Miner’s Gems, Jai Mahtani, the sole proprietor of the Ketchikan jewelry store known as “Gold Rush,” misrepresented his products to an undercover investigator from the Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit. […]
(Sitka, AK) – On May 28, 2026, Sitka Superior Court Judge Amanda Browning sentenced 33-year-old Jorge Ruiz-River to 8 years and six months of incarceration. On Feb. 12, 2026, a Sitka jury convicted Jorge Ruiz-Rivera of three counts of stalking in the first degree and three counts of violation of a protective order. At trial, […]
As the community prepares for the powerful Journey to Celebration, one canoe will be making the voyage with a visually captivating timeline of Tlingit history and collective wellness on its hull. The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is debuting a new look for its 2026 journey. Titled Ancestral Echoes, the piece was designed […]