(Fairbanks, AK) – On Monday, March 16, 2026, Superior Court Judge Brent Bennett sentenced Brianna Lapp, 33, of North Pole, to 22 years with 5 years suspended and 7 years of probation for events that culminated in the death of PFC Arturo Gomez. On July 22, 2024, Lapp was driving southbound on the Steese Highway […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is conducting a marine casualty investigation following a death of a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Aleutian Lady, near Dutch Harbor. Watchstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center in Juneau received a report at 5:05 p.m. Wednesday from the fishing vessel Aleutian Lady that a […]
“For Iranians already suffering under repression, sanctions, and economic hardship, this escalation will mean only more pain,” said the president of the National Iranian American Council. President Donald Trump and Israeli officials claimed Iran’s supreme leader, 86-year-old Ali Khamenei, was killed in an airstrike on Saturday, along with other senior Iranian figures. The US and Israeli militaries […]
The defendant is one of over 60 charged in large-scale drug trafficking ring targeting Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kodiak man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute deadly drugs that resulted in a fatal overdose in August 2022. While on pretrial release for state […]