[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nchorage resident Alonzo Dean Jenkins, age 31 was sentenced in front of Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess on Wednesday for being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Department of Justice revealed. Jenkins, a three-time felon in the state and is therefore prohibited from possessing a firearm. He was convicted in a three-day […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nchorage police say that a phone call from an “observant citizen” led them to a suspect with multiple warrants in a vehicle on Penguin Street on Tuesday. After the call reporting that a man was slumped over the wheel in a vehicle in the middle of the street, patrol officers responded to the 4300-block of […]
Alaska chickadees have proven themselves brainier than Colorado chickadees. A researcher at the University of California Davis once compared black-capped chickadees from Anchorage to chickadees from Windsor, Colorado, and found that the Alaska birds cached more sunflower seeds and found the seeds quicker when they later searched for them. The Alaska chickadees also had brains […]
Although the Anchorage Police Department have stated that they believe the incident at the Holiday Inn Express parking lot is drug related, they have not revealed any details on the shooter. Patrol officers responded to the Spenard area hotel parking lot at 4:27 pm on Monday afternoon to find a male victim, later identified as 27-year-old David […]