Two brothers and a sister were arrested on burglary charges as Alaska State Troopers were responding to a burglary in progress call on Monday afternoon, Troopers reported in the trooper dispatch. At 1:19 pm on Monday afternoon, a call went in to the Alaska State Troopers reporting a burglary-in-progress at a residence on Willow-Fishhook Road […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker thanked the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission for releasing its extensive report on justice reinvestment strategies for the state today. In the report, Commission members provide data-driven recommendations for the upcoming legislative session to protect public safety, control corrections spending, and invest the potentially vast savings from averted prison growth into […]
An early morning hit and run collision on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway resulted in a Palmer man being jailed on a multitude of charges on Thursday. Alaska State Troopers in Wasilla received a “report of a hit and run collision involving a stolen vehicle” on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway near the Seward Meridian Parkway in Wasilla at […]
The biggest American automaker, General Motors, admitted guilt Thursday in hiding information from both the government and motorists about a deadly defect in its vehicle ignition switches that has been linked to at least 124 deaths in crashes. GM, third largest in the world behind Germany’s Volkswagen and Japan’s Toyota Motor, agreed to a $900 […]