Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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In Palmer teen’s murder, one of four convicted killers gets 99 years behind bars
Erick Almandinger, now 22, was just 16 when David Grunwald went missing in November 2016. It wasn’t until more than two weeks after the killing that one of Almandinger’s accomplices led Alaska State Troopers to Grunwald’s body.
Alaska Appeals Court tosses manslaughter conviction 18 years after fatal shooting
The Alaska Court of Appeals reversed Steven Hinshaw's conviction in an opinion released Friday, saying a judge improperly denied his request to represent himself at trial.
Former Alaska correctional officer sentenced for smuggling drugs and cellphones into prison
Angela Lincoln, 44, was arrested in November 2021 and shortly after pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy and bribery.
Alaska-based soldier and Florida-based wife admit to marrying for military benefits and US citizenship
Jacob Twork and Eddy Carolina Cruz both signed plea deals filed in federal court Tuesday in which they admitted to one felony count each of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.
Death of Alaska Zoo’s lone wolf, Windy, signals end to resident wolf pack’s reign
Windy was a gray female who came to the zoo in Anchorage in 2006, one of a half-dozen pups the Alaska Department of Fish and Game took from a predator control zone, where wolves were being hunted and trapped.
In first Alaska visit, French ambassador talks climate change, Russia and the case of the missing French sled dog
Ambassador Philippe Etienne has been meeting with state and local leaders and the local French community.
Anchorage’s huge development deal for Girdwood draws local ire over lack of affordable housing
That's not because Girdwood doesn't need more housing. Most there agree it does. But the city's plan to develop 60 acres near Glacier Creek into more than a hundred homes does not include any units cheaper than half a million dollars.
Anchorage floatplane crash sends 6 to hospital, including 2 seriously injured
The de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver's passengers were visitors from the Lower 48 flying with Regal Air, which offers flights to Katmai, famous for its bear viewing.
Two Alaska governor candidates report big Outside donations. Another had more small in-state gifts
The amount of cash individuals can give to campaigns is unlimited this year, after an appeals court tossed out the relatively strict limits Alaska used to have.
Alaska Supreme Court tosses highest-ever sentence for vehicular homicide, in case of drunk driver who killed teens in 2013
In August of 2013, Stacey Graham, 40, swerved off a South Anchorage road, striking and killing Jordyn Durr and Brooke McPheters, both 15, as they were walking on a sidewalk next to the road.
Woman faces murder charges in deaths of 2 Anchorage men
Bail was set for $1 million for Brianna Star Wassillie on Tuesday. Wassillie also faces a charge of misconduct involving a corpse.
Alaska’s fight against latest COVID wave helped by vaccines, prior infections and anti-virals
State epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin says antibodies from vaccinations and prior infections, plus anti-viral treatments, are helping stave off infections or minimizing serious illness.
Anchorage protesters want conservative deputy library director fired
About 30 people rallied against Judy Eledge, holding signs that said “Judy needs to go” and “Save our library,” while several speakers took turns detailing what they said was a hostile work environment and a non-inclusive library under Eledge’s conservative leadership.
This Alaskan engineer is helping NASA send humans back to the moon and, maybe, to Mars
Jessica Vos is originally from Anchorage and a Chugiak High School graduate. Now she's the Crew Systems Engineer for NASA's Orion Program, under the Artemis campaign.
Feds sue Copper Center fishing charter for $1M over 2019 wildfire
The lawsuit, filed Friday, says Grove's Salmon Charters and guide Joshua McDonald are responsible for negligently starting the Klutina River Fire in July of 2019 and liable for the roughly $1 million price tag on fighting it.
4 bears killed after getting into tents at Anchorage campground abruptly opened to homeless
Anchorage police reported the problem bears at Centennial Campground – a sow black bear with two cubs and a separate male black bear – and two state biologists killed them Tuesday, according to Fish and Game.
Alaska’s June of ’22 set to go down as one of the driest ever
It's also Anchorage's second warmest June on record.
Alaska won’t see change after Supreme Court decision on state powers to prosecute crimes on tribal land
Alaska, like some 20 other states, already has federal approval from Congress granting such authority, so the decision itself won't have much affect in Alaska, says Lloyd Miller, an Anchorage-based lawyer and Indian law specialist with Sonosky Chambers.
Alaska never saw large tundra fires like the East Fork Fire until climate change provided more fuel
The East Fork Fire in Western Alaska is the state's largest at the moment, estimated at more than 150,000 acres Thursday, and it's burning in a region where, just a couple decades ago, large fires would not have been expected.
Alaska road project pits conservative lodge owners against conservative state administration
According to the Anchorage Daily News, a coalition that includes lodge owners and other business people is spending $200,000 on a campaign to defeat the West Susitna Access Road.