JUNEAU – Legislation by Representative Andy Josephson expanding the coverage of anti-discrimination statutes within the state is in the House Labor and Commerce Committee. The Alaska State Commission for Human Rights (ASCHR) exists to assist in the remediation of complaints involving discrimination in employment, places of public accommodation, sale or rental of property, financing and […]
Juneau police reported on Saturday that they arrested a former employee of Fred Meyer on Burglary charges on Friday. JPD was alerted to an early morning burglary on February 10th. The report came in at 8:15 am when staff told police that $32,000 was taken from their safe at approximately 2: 50 am that morning. […]
Homicide suspect 23-year-old Eric D. Chaney JR, was taken into custody on Saturday after a Saturday evening standoff with APD Special Operations that includes the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT), the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), and the Tactical Support Unit (TSU), APD announced. Anchorage police responded to an address on the 6000-block of East […]
A Klawock man was arrested on charges on Friday in connection with threats he made to the Klawock Clinic on Friday morning, troopers reported in their dispatch. Alaska State Troopers were advised that 37-year-old Klawock resident Jerry Tierney had contacted an Anchorage law firm and told them that he had intentions of going to the […]