Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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Police shoot and critically injure man near East Anchorage gas station
The man is the fifth person shot by Anchorage officers during a police response since mid-May. Three of those people have died.
Seward man accused of threatening to ‘bomb and shoot’ Dunleavy’s office
Troopers say they found an incriminating search history linked to Matthew Stanley, including “what happens when a state governor gets threatened.”
2 more Alaska inmates die as details emerge on early-morning Anchorage jail death
State officials say two inmates suffered medical deaths last week, as Anchorage police investigate the June 26 death of 38-year-old Ross Greenley.
Alaska firefighters tackle a wave of Interior wildfires
State wildfire crews have been fighting smaller blazes than those on federal land, as rain could reach much of the Interior later this week.
Man dies while being booked at Anchorage jail
Police say a vandalism suspect arrested early Wednesday "went into medical distress" at the Anchorage Correctional Complex.
More than 100 wildfires are burning in Alaska, many of them in the Interior
Smokejumpers are responding to some of the fires, which are largely burning in remote areas of the state.
2 accused of murdering man in shooting near Anchorage homeless camp
Dominick L. Santana, 21, and Keilen J. Reynolds, 20, were held in Farrel Siulua's death after an alleged robbery escalated to gunfire.
High-ranking Alaska Air Force officer among 2 killed in Kenai Peninsula plane crash
Air Force Col. Mark “Tyson” Sletten, 46, and civilian instructor Paul Kondrat, 41, were found dead Thursday when their plane was retrieved from Crescent Lake.
Woman found dead in an Anchorage home after police standoff
Police say both the woman and an officer fired their guns. Her death is under investigation.
Woman with 5 kids accused of 24 fraudulent Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend filings
Prosecutors say Otaota Mokoma, 35, received more than $25,000 in fraudulent dividends from the state from 2018 through 2020.
State sues Alaska Motor Home after customers say they were swindled and harassed
Prosecutors say the company abruptly closed Friday without providing refunds, likely affecting hundreds of customers.
2 men tried to illegally smuggle snowmachines from U.S. to Russia, feds say
Prosecutors say Sergey Nefedov and Mark Shumovich tried to evade U.S. export controls on snowmachines during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
1 dead, 2 hurt in collision that caused hours-long Seward Highway closure
Troopers say a pickup truck crossed the center line Sunday afternoon and struck an oncoming pickup near Ingram Creek, closing the highway for six hours.
Michigan man is accused of burglarizing cars and stealing a SUV at Anchorage’s airport
Troopers say they caught the man as he sped down the Seward Highway. He also faces a DUI charge.
Anchorage officers fatally shoot armed man during confrontation, police say
Police say the man, the third shot by officers in less than a month, pulled out a gun as officers tried to detain him Monday night.
No accredited pilot was aboard plane in deadly Nondalton crash, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its preliminary report on the crash that killed pilot Dave Hedgers, 58, and Aaron Fryar, 45.
Man charged with murder in shooting outside downtown Anchorage bar
Responding officers shot and wounded the man, Kaleb Bourdukofsky, as he ran from the scene with a gun, according to the police chief.
1 man killed in downtown Anchorage shooting, another injured by responding officers, police say
Police say an altercation in a parking lot erupted into gunfire around 2:30 a.m.
1 climber rescued, 1 dead after days stranded near Denali’s summit
The two climbers had waited for rescue in a snow cave after an extended summit push left they hypothermic and exhausted.
Police say man shot pregnant woman and toddler in murder-suicide before East Anchorage house fire
Police described the deaths as a crime of domestic violence, and did not identify the victims or say how they were related.