Juneau – Wednesday, Representative Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage) filed legislation to eliminate session per diem for days a legislator is not in Juneau. “In our current fiscal climate, legislators need to tighten their belts just as much as the rest of the state,” said Rep. Drummond. House Bill 111 – “An Act relating to the policy […]
The body of George Attla, “the Huslia Husler,” made a stop-over in Fairbanks on his way home to Huslia for burial. A service was held at the Chief David Salmon Tribal Hall where hundreds of mourners converged to pay their last respects on Tuesday. The Alaska legend was accompanied to Fairbanks by his friend Victor […]
A Sturgis, Michigan man, who is currently facing state murder charges for the 2010 death of 26-year-old Nicole M. Millsaps, was sentenced in federal court on Monday on drug manufacturing and firearms convictions. 35-year-old Simon Douglas Smith of Michigan was sentenced to 24 years in prison for “One Pot” methamphetamine manufacture and firearms charges for […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they were notified of the death of an inmate at the Anchorage Correctional Center early this morning after being contacted by the facility at 1:32 am. 33-year-old Anchorage resident Larry Kobuk had been brought to the Complex at 10:46 pm on Tuesday night by Anchorage Police officers on Vehicle Theft, […]