JUNEAU—Governor Bill Walker Monday signed into law Senate Bill 91, an historic reform of the state’s criminal justice system. The law advances data-driven, research-based policies to reduce recidivism, enhance public safety and curb corrections spending. It is projected to reduce the state’s prison population by 13 percent by 2024, saving the state $380 million. Governor […]
Alaska State Troopers announced at 4 pm on Monday that the active search for Juneau resident 36-year-old Kristina Young is suspended pending further leads. Just before 8 pm, Sunday, Juneau Police requested assistance from the Alaska State Troopers in locating Young who went missing on Sunday. The search was initiated after the body of her […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) is launching a pilot program to improve passing lanes through the use of “differential” speed limits on the Seward Highway Mile 60-65 (Hope Junction to the top of Turnagain Pass). Differential speed limits maintain the normal speed limit in the left (fast) lane, […]
Although “no additional information is available for release due to the status of the investigation” of missing Big Lake man, Daniel Roy Buckwalter, troopers are asking the public for assistance in the case that has been open for almost a year. Troopers say that Buckwalter was last known to be alive on August 4th of […]