The U.S. firearm homicide rate spiked 35% in 2020, the first full year of the coronavirus pandemic, rising to the highest level in almost three decades of record-keeping, according to data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reported 19,350 firearm homicides in the U.S. in 2020, compared with […]
A 35-year-old Wasilla man was shot and killed in an exchange of fire with Alaska State Troopers at about a quarter past 8 pm on Tuesday night after a search of the area as a result of an initial armed home invasion earlier in the evening, according to trooper reports. Troopers initially responded to a […]
JUNEAU – A Juneau man was sentenced to more than six years in prison by U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess for illegally possessing a firearm. During the sentencing Judge Burgess noted the defendant’s significant prior history involving violence against others and the seriousness of this offense endangering the officer and others. According to court […]
On Thursday night, an accident on the Seward Highway would reveal a large stash of drugs being transported in the vehicle. Troopers responded to a vehicle in the ditch at mile 48 of the Seward Highway at 8:10 pm on Thursday night and made contact with the occupants of the car. Contact was made with […]