Discussing issues important to Alaska veterans such as eliminating the claims backlog and improving facilities and programs for women, U.S. Senator Mark Begich yesterday chaired a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) field hearing in Anchorage.
It was announced by U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler on Friday that 57-year-old Wasilla resident Karen Olsen has been indicted by a Grand Jury for defrauding the state of Alaska as well as making false statements to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A Tennessee man was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison in Federal Court on Thursday for two counts of distributing child pornography according to U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler.
A single-engine Cessna 150L crashed shortly after take-off Saturday afternoon at Merrill Field near downtown taking the lives of both of the occupants.