ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage woman was sentenced Tuesday to 5 years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft followed by 5 years of supervised release. The court also ordered restitution to the victims. According to court documents, between February 2021 and February 2022, Dusty Starr, 48, carried out a scheme to defraud […]
Civil rights speaker Sam Mihara will make a virtual appearance at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday, Nov. 19, to share his experience of life in a World War II Japanese American prison camp. He was forced from his home in San Francisco to the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, prison camp at age 9. Mihara […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Against the backdrop of western Mongolia’s rugged mountain basins and vast inland lakes, U.S. service members, civilian subject matter experts and Mongolian emergency personnel joined forces Sept. 21-25 for the Uvs 2026 Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange. The five-day bilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise brought together the Alaska National Guard, […]
“Jeffries didn’t even whip the vote,” one critic said about the House minority leader, who wants to be speaker. “This is why people want a stronger leader.” As House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries seeks to become speaker when Democrats retake Congress in January, critics questioned his leadership Tuesday after the Republican-led lower chamber effectively blocked […]