One of the women that were shot in the early morning hours of October 28th has died in the hospital this weekend elevating that investigation to a homicide, APD announced this weekend. Patrol officers responded to the 4200-block of Mountain View Drive at 2:40 am on Sunday before last after receiving a report of a […]
WASHINGTON — On his Facebook page, a father grieves the loss of his 10-year-old daughter, whom he had affectionately nicknamed “Dimples.” Her body was found last month in the remote tundra outside of Kotzebue, a northwest Alaska town that has been home to the Inupiat people for centuries. A 41-year-old man from the same community has […]
Washington, DC — Alaska ranked first in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men, with a rate of 3.40 per 100,000, according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) study When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2016 Homicide Data. This is the third year in a row that Alaska has ranked first for […]
Juneau –Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives passed legislation sponsored by Representative Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) that supports the health of Alaskan women and their families by providing greater access to reproductive health care and prescription contraceptives. House Bill 25 requires health care insurers, including Medicaid services, to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives and medical services […]