Anchorage, AK – Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) conducted independent water quality testing in 2022 that showed PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination in Anchorage lakes as well as in Ship Creek. These results show contamination in lakes used for swimming and fishing. The results also show contamination in Ship Creek downstream from Joint Base […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for stealing 22 firearms from an Anchorage gun store in 2019. According to court documents, Gian Carlo Clemente Pangilinan aka “G,” 26, pleaded guilty in September 2022 to stealing 22 firearms from Granny’s Guns, a federally licensed firearms dealer located in […]
The Anchorage Police Department received a call reporting theft of a taxi and an injured cab driver on Monday afternoon and responded to the scene of the injured driver at 12:48 pm. While at least one officer made contact with the cab driver, other officers patrolled the area in an active search for the stolen […]
At 7:54 PM on February 3, 2023, Anchorage Police responded to reports of a carjacking. Initial indications are that Victim #1 was driving his 1993 gray Chevrolet Caprice with Victim #2 in the front passenger seat. Victim #1 pulled over on the side of the road near Parsons Avenue and N Flower Street when he […]