Police arrest suspect in Anchorage credit union robbery

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have arrested a man suspected of robbing a credit union on the city’s east side.Police said 41-year-old Ian Pagel on Tuesday… Continue reading

Driver charged with manslaughter in Aleutians crash that killed three

ANCHORAGE — The driver of a passenger van that crashed last week, killing three people, was driving impaired and speeding, according to Alaska State Troopers.A… Continue reading

Man on snowmobile arrested on the first day of summer

ANCHORAGE — A 42-year-old Nikiski man faces a felony charge of driving under the influence of alcohol after driving a snowmobile on the first day… Continue reading

Gov. Bill Walker hands Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, the pen he used to sign Senate Bill 74 into law at the  SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's Ethel Lund Medical Center on Tuesday. The bill is expected to save the state more than $365 million in the first six years in the state's Medicaid program. Also appearing from left: John Morris, SEARHC boardmember, Jon Sherwood, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Sana Efird, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Kimberley Strong, Chairman of the Board for SEARHC, Heather Shadduck, staff to Sen.Pete Kelly, Sen. Kelly, Charles Clement, President/CEO of SEARHC, and Carlton Smith, trustee of the Mental Health Trust.

Photo: Gov signs SB 74

Gov. Bill Walker hands Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, the pen he used to sign Senate Bill 74 into law at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health… Continue reading

Gov. Bill Walker hands Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, the pen he used to sign Senate Bill 74 into law at the  SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's Ethel Lund Medical Center on Tuesday. The bill is expected to save the state more than $365 million in the first six years in the state's Medicaid program. Also appearing from left: John Morris, SEARHC boardmember, Jon Sherwood, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Sana Efird, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, Kimberley Strong, Chairman of the Board for SEARHC, Heather Shadduck, staff to Sen.Pete Kelly, Sen. Kelly, Charles Clement, President/CEO of SEARHC, and Carlton Smith, trustee of the Mental Health Trust.

Coffee with a Cop on Thursday

The next Coffee with a Cop is scheduled for Thursday, from 5-7 p.m., in the third floor conference room at the Senate Mall building, 175… Continue reading

Egan construction disrupts bus service

Due to the ongoing construction along Egan Drive, Capital Transit will be running a shuttle bus to transfer Glacier Highway riders from Fred Meyers to… Continue reading

Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading

What other gun rules could have stopped killer?

In the wake of the Orlando, Florida, nightclub atrocity, President Barack Obama has admonished us to “do some soul-searching” about how “easy” it is in… Continue reading

  • Jun 22, 2016
  • By GEORGE PARRY

Salt Lake City man says he didn’t place ad seeking wife

SPOKANE, Wash. — A Salt Lake City businessman said he was shocked to see a full-page advertisement in an Idaho newspaper inviting women to interview… Continue reading

Court limits authority of out-of-state police

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed a DUI conviction because the driver was pulled over by a Washington State Patrol trooper… Continue reading

Gripes grow along with marijuana-shielding fences

MURPHY, Ore. — They say good fences make good neighbors. Then there are the fences that enclose the growing number of Josephine County’s marijuana grow… Continue reading

Alaskan entrepreneurs can be on Home Shopping Network

Alaskan entrepreneurs can be on home shopping networkAlaska entrepreneurs can compete for an opportunity to sell their products on a Home Shopping Network television show.The… Continue reading

Linda Landvik, center, watches as Chelsi Butler practices drawing Naloxone into a syringe as staff members put together Naloxone kits to be used to prevent deaths from heroin overdoses at the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence office on Tuesday.

Putting overdose prevention in the hands of the community

For the first time in Juneau, people at risk of overdosing from heroin or other opiates can access a lifesaving medicine for free starting June… Continue reading

Linda Landvik, center, watches as Chelsi Butler practices drawing Naloxone into a syringe as staff members put together Naloxone kits to be used to prevent deaths from heroin overdoses at the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence office on Tuesday.
Leron Carlton Graham, 38, reads through court documents during jury selection in Juneau Superior Court on Tuesday. Graham is representing himself on 14 counts of allegedly assaulting a woman and stealing a car in the Lemon Creek area in March.

Inmate defends himself, blames ‘corrupt’ police

During an opening statement Tuesday in a felony assault, robbery, theft and tampering case, the defense said the real blame belongs not to the man… Continue reading

Leron Carlton Graham, 38, reads through court documents during jury selection in Juneau Superior Court on Tuesday. Graham is representing himself on 14 counts of allegedly assaulting a woman and stealing a car in the Lemon Creek area in March.
An Alaska Airlines jet makes its approach at the Juneau International Airport in this image from 2009.

Plane diverts to Sea-Tac after alleged assault, man arrested

SEATTLE — A spokesman for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport says a flight was diverted to the Seattle area Tuesday after a man allegedly tried to kiss… Continue reading

An Alaska Airlines jet makes its approach at the Juneau International Airport in this image from 2009.
The scene of the crash Tuesday morning

Three-vehicle accident sends two to the hospital

Three vehicles collided Tuesday morning at the intersection of Egan Drive and Vanderbilt Hill Road. Two people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening… Continue reading

The scene of the crash Tuesday morning
Members of the Jabila'ina Dance Group perform a song on the drum during a grand opening for the new Tyotkas Elder Center on Saturday at the center in Old Town Kenai.

Kenaitze Indian Tribe welcomes new elder center

KENAI — The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has been able to reach more members of its elder community with the opening of a new center for… Continue reading

Members of the Jabila'ina Dance Group perform a song on the drum during a grand opening for the new Tyotkas Elder Center on Saturday at the center in Old Town Kenai.
In this June 11 photo, Damian Riniker, right, a marijuana reform advocate with the group NORML, stands by while a passerby signs a petition to get a pot club initiative on the ballot in the next election, in Denver.

Legal weed sparks debate: Why not allow pot clubs?

DENVER — Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a… Continue reading

In this June 11 photo, Damian Riniker, right, a marijuana reform advocate with the group NORML, stands by while a passerby signs a petition to get a pot club initiative on the ballot in the next election, in Denver.

227 personnel working to contain fire near village of Tetlin

ANCHORAGE — Alaska wildfire officials have doubled the number of personnel fighting a fire near the village of Tetlin.Alaska Interagency Coordination Center spokesman Tim Mowry… Continue reading

BBQ charcoal to blame for Wood Duck Ave fire

The fire department is reminding BBQ lovers to “use extra caution with outdoor fires and BBQ’s” after still-hot, discarded charcoal caused a backyard fire at… Continue reading