A 52-year-old Wasilla man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage “for using the telephone to make a threat to damage and destroy the building by means of an explosive,” following an FBI investigation into the incident, it was announced by US Atty. Karen L Loeffler on Thursday. Court documents reveal that on […]
Anchorage police say that the man involved in the shooting death of auto shop mechanic, 51-year-old William Schmaus on Tuesday afternoon is being held without bail pending arraignment Wednesday afternoon. On Tuesday just after 3 PM, Anchorage police responded to the 1000 block of E. 74th Avenue after a report of a shooting at the […]
Like their counterparts across the nation, Alaskan activists participated in a national day of action Tuesday in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that is resisting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Displaying banners that read “Wells Fargo; Funding Genocide Since 1852” and “#NoDAPL” a group of more than 50 entered into […]
The weapon used to ambush Anchorage Police officer Arn Salao at the corner of Cordova and Fifth Avenue early Saturday morning, has claimed at least five lives in the last year in the Anchorage area, Anchorage police say. Officer Salao was responding to a theft call at 4:36 am on Saturday, and when he approached […]