JUNEAU — Governor Bill Walker Sunday ordered all Alaska state flags be flown at half-staff beginning Monday in honor of former Alaska State Representative Dr. Joshua Wright, who passed away on November 2 at the age of 88. Dr. Wright served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1970-1972. “Dr. Wright led a life of […]
November 7, 2017 (Anchorage, AK) — In the midst of a nationwide opioid epidemic, Alaska is one of several states seeing a surge in methamphetamine use and methamphetamine-related deaths. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ Section of Epidemiology released a report today on the health impacts of methamphetamine use in Alaska. Alaska experienced a fourfold increase […]
Alaska State Troopers have classified the death of 32-year-old Patrick McMullen, of Wasilla, a homicide, AST revealed on Monday. Troopers were notified of a body in the ditch near mile 59 of the Parks Highway in Houston on at 8:47 am on Thursday morning, the trooper dispatch revealed. McMullen’s ATV was located at a pull-out […]
Anchorage police are asking the public for their assistance in locating a homicide suspect in the May death of a two-year-old, Nixle announced today. Police are seeking the whereabouts of 36-year-old Stephanie Hamburg following an death investigation that has now been deemed a homicide. She is described as being 4’11” tall and weighing approximately 120 […]