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Ex-Alaska prosecutor who blew whistle on Kindred settles over retaliation
The woman had reported Joshua Kindred’s sexual misconduct, leading to an investigation and the judge’s resignation.
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Anchorage police release a review of officer-involved shootings. Plus, Yukon Quest mushers could win prizes, just for signing up.
Anchorage police shootings review calls for better nonlethal tools, de-escalation and officer supervision
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case says the review of 45 police shootings is informing changes to policies and officer training.
Former Alaska tribal health care executive quietly resolves criminal case
Kevin Gottlieb and two other dentists agreed to plead no contest to a misdemeanor count of medical assistance fraud.
Alaska volcanologists continue to track unrest at Mount Spurr
That's after seismometers picked up an increased number of small earthquakes at the volcano and GPS sensors showed it was swelling up.
Alaska elections officials hope to avoid problems with rural voting, as seen in primary
Kaktovik, on an island in the Arctic Ocean, was one of two Alaska communities whose polling places didn't open for the primary.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, November 4, 2024
The buzz around the election has more Alaskans voting early and in-person than ever. And elections officials hope to avoid problems getting village polling locations open.
Anchorage sues woman charged with neglecting horses, to recoup cost of their care
The horses were found to be underweight and had been kept in an enclosure filled with as much as two feet of feces, the lawsuit says.
Denali’s Ruth Gorge could be deepest in North America (if it weren’t filled with ice)
Glaciologist Martin Truffer says knowing the gorge's depth could help our understanding of how much ice is in other mountain glaciers.
Could Alaska be pivotal in a presidential victory? Not likely, but a poll has politicos talking
Political types say it's unlikely, but not impossible, for Alaska's three electoral college votes to be a factor in the presidential election.
Anchorage prosecutor shortage leads to hundreds of criminal cases dismissed
City officials are working to hire more prosecutors, and state prosecutors were said to be stepping in to help.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, October 10, 2024
As tastes change in Japan, the lucrative Alaska herring market is disappearing. Plus, the Alaska Zoo gets a new addition: an Amur tiger.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
New data shows Alaska donors are more likely to back moderate legislative candidates. And a Juneau hunter survives a brown bear attack.
Alaska’s winter off to slow start with late freeze-up and above normal temperatures
Take Fairbanks, for example, which had its latest freeze-up on record, in about 125 years of record keeping.
Alaska can expect very different approaches on resource projects, depending on the president
The Anchorage Daily News took a look at how various projects might be affected if either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris is elected president.
Alaska judge’s sexualized relationship with prosecutor leads to new trial for cyberstalking defendant
Questions remain around whether former Judge Joshua Kindred’s inappropriate relationships with prosecutors affected his impartiality.
Iditarod head vet, Stuart Nelson, dies suddenly at age 71
It was not immediately clear what caused Nelson’s death, but early indications were that he had suffered a sudden health event.
Alaska U.S. Attorney’s Office investigated, as fallout over judge’s misconduct continues
U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred resigned ahead of a report that he had inappropriate relationships with two federal prosecutors.
Anchorage’s fatal police shootings increased since 2000, Daily News analysis shows
The tally of four fatal shootings so far this year in Anchorage is tied with 2016 as the most in recent memory.
Anchorage man threatened U.S. Supreme Court justices, indictment says
Panos Anastasiou, 76, allegedly sent more than 465 threatening messages from March of 2023 to July of 2024.