Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Friday that Kenneth Ray Manzanares, 42, of Santa Clara, Utah, pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the second degree for the July 2017 killing of his wife, Kristy Manzanares, onboard the cruise ship Emerald Princess in the U.S. Territorial Waters outside Southeast Alaska. “Every […]
Yute Air revealed the name of the pilot of the scheduled commuter air crash that occurred on Thursday 12 miles southwest of Tuntutuliak as that of Tony Matthews. The aircraft, a Piper PA-32R Cherokee, had been traveling from Bethel to Kipnuk when it went down. Troopers in Bethel were notified of the overdue aircraft at […]
UPDATE: On Thursday, following questioning by detectives, APD charged 31-year-old Logan P. Parrigin with Robbery I and Misconduct Involving Weapons III. He was remanded to the Anchorage Correctional Facility. ORIGINAL: The Anchorage Police Department has revealed that the state’s Office of Special Prosecutions is reviewing the justified use of force in an officer-involved shot […]
There’s a new 2020 Charter Halibut Permit annual registration requirement. NOAA Fisheries doesn’t want Alaska charter halibut operators to be caught off-balance by a new requirement to register their Charter Halibut Permit(s) (CHP). The new requirement begins in 2020. The new regulation only applies to the guided sport halibut fishery in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Areas 2C […]