[dropcap]A[/dropcap]NCHORAGE, Alaska – Under “Operation Safeguard” federal, state and local law enforcement officers joined together to account for registered sex offenders who are currently under supervision with the State of Alaska Probation and/or Parole in Anchorage and Eagle River. Participating in this joint two-day operation on Nov. 13-14 were the Alaska–U.S. Marshals Service, Anchorage Police […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Approximately 20 Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing are deploying to Iraq at the end of September in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. According to the operation’s Web site, the mission of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve is to defeat the Islamic State group in […]
Last month, the Anchorage Police Department along with its federal, state and local partners conducted one of its largest crime suppression sweeps of violent offenders called Operation Midnight Sun (click on link: local.nixle.com/alert/6640880/). Officers made multiple arrests including 52 for felony and misdemeanor warrants and more than 400 grams of drugs were seized. Almost $44,000 […]
BANGKOK — A Thai diver died after running out of air while assisting in the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside the Tham Luang in Northern Thailand, an official said Friday. Samarn Poonan, a former member of Thailand’s elite navy SEAL unit, died Thursday night after entering the cave to lay air […]