(Anchorage, Alaska)–Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Division Administrator Sandra Garcia-Aline signed the Record of Decision (ROD) today for the Sterling Highway Milepost 45-60 project, commonly known as the “Cooper Landing Bypass Project.” The ROD formally selects the Juneau Creek Alternative as the preferred alternative for the project. The Juneau Creek Alternative provides the best balance between […]
Fairbanks man, Anthony Jenkins-Alexie, has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Fairbanks in connection with the October 2016 shooting of Fairbanks police officer Sergeant Allen Brandt, U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder with the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. Jenkins-Alexie was indicted on charges that include Using a Firearm during a Crime of Violence, […]
(ANCHORAGE, ALASKA) – Friday, Governor Bill Walker shared improvements to public safety in Alaska, including the recent High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) designation, and progress on the Public Safety Action Plan, the administration’s multi-faceted approach to address crime in Alaska. Governor Walker praised ongoing partnerships between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies helping to build a Safer Alaska. […]
Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess sentenced a Wasilla man to 12 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for reciept of child pornography on Monday while saying the files he downloaded “depicted serious, disturbing, heinous violations that [the] children in the videos suffered,” Judge Burgess pointed out as bad as those videos were, […]