[content id=”79272″] (Fairbanks, AK) — Thursday, Lataushia Shajuan Blackmer, 50, was convicted by a Fairbanks jury of one count of Scheme to Defraud and one count of First-Degree Theft for making fraudulent purchases with school district funds in 2018 and 2019. Testimony in the trial revealed that in July 2018, Blackmer was hired as an […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Wasilla man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison and will serve the rest of his life on supervised release for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Wasilla. According to court documents, on Nov. 2, 2022, a 14-year-old girl exited a school bus in Wasilla and started walking […]
The City and Borough of Wrangell and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced the signing of a lease agreement to expand education opportunities in Wrangell, including additional Head Start classroom space and the foundation for new day care services. The newly signed lease provides Tlingit & Haida with […]
JUNEAU – Tuesday, the House passed House Bill 57: Communication Devices in Public Schools, on a vote of 34-6. HB 57 requires that school districts create policies restricting the possession and use of cellphones to improve the learning environment of Alaskan schools. “There’s overwhelming data that cell phone access and social media consumed nearly constantly […]