(Kenai, AK) – Superior Court Judge Eric B. Smith found David Simmons guilty of five counts of violating an order to submit to DNA testing after hearing evidence at a court trial conducted on March 22, 2023. Under AS 44.41.035, persons convicted of felony offenses, or crimes against a person, are required to provide a DNA […]
FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska — In a historic first for Ladd Army Airfield, in the early hours of March 26, approximately 400 paratroopers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, and several allied nations parachuted onto Fort Wainwright. The purpose of the jump, part of a Joint Forcible Entry Operation practical exercise, […]
JUNEAU – The Senate Rules Committee introduced legislation Friday to fix several flaws in Alaska’s oil tax structure. Senate Bill 114 would level the playing field by having all oil producers pay the same corporate income tax rate as corporations at 9.4%. This would only apply after the first $4 million in annual net income. […]
Two 15-year-olds on a snowmachine called in to MATCOM dispatch at 10:44 pm on Friday night and requested help as they had driven their machine into a pond in a remote area and could not get out. The teens in distress reported via cell phone that they were approximately three miles away from the nearest […]