Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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EasyPark rates at Anchorage garages and lots will soon rise to $2 an hour
EasyPark officials say the rate increase, Anchorage's first since 2016, won't affect metered parking on Downtown streets.
3 Alaska prison inmates die in 2024’s opening weeks
In the first 15 days of 2024, Alaska prisons have seen nearly a third of the entire statewide inmate death toll recorded last year.
Eagle River child porn suspect claimed to be ‘hardcore child rapist’ in manifesto, charges say
Michael Koetter, 28, was arrested after investigators allegedly found explicit imagery and a statement that he had committed prior abuse at his home.
Palmer police make arrests in 2 early-year homicides
Palmer police say the town typically sees one domestic violence homicide per year — but officers have responded to two in the first week of 2024.
Anchorage father, child wounded in home invasion shooting
Police are still seeking a suspect in Sunday night's shooting at an East 43rd Avenue apartment, which is believed to be targeted and not random.
Anchorage woman wounded in domestic violence shooting, vehicle chase
Police say Isaiah N. Savok, 27, fired point-blank at an SUV near Point Woronzof early Sunday, then rammed it off a nearby road.
5 people treated after Christmas carbon monoxide exposure at Anchorage home
The residents were trying to warm the McCarrey Street home Monday, but fire investigators haven’t yet identified the source of the carbon monoxide.
Man charged with manslaughter, DUI in woman’s death near Big Lake
Billy Sheldon, 33, was over twice the legal limit when he fatally struck Kotzebue resident Athena Chambers early Thursday, troopers said.
Ex-Alaska trooper gets 4 years for planned sexual abuse of teen he pulled over
Vance Peronto, 63, was sentenced on one count of attempted child sexual abuse in the 2018 case stemming from a Soldotna-area traffic stop.
Troopers suspend search for woman missing under Eagle River ice
Active efforts to find 45-year-old Amanda Richmond have been called off, after extensive air and water searches with drones and sonar.
Goose Creek inmate dies at 65 in expected death
Robert Michael Vidic is the second Goose Creek Correctional Center inmate to die this month and the state's 10th inmate death this year.
Southcentral Alaska vehicle collisions leave 3 dead
Two Anchorage residents died Saturday in a head-on crash near Glennallen, hours before a passenger struck by an Anchorage red-light runner died.
2 Wasilla men fatally shoot each other during family dispute
Troopers said Patrick Kammermeyer, 50, and William Nunley, 57, shot each other after Kammermeyer struck a relative with a gun Thursday.
Anchorage Spenard Builders Supply facility suffers major snow-related roof collapse
Firefighters say the unoccupied former truss plant marks Anchorage's first major roof collapse this winter. No injuries have been reported.
Oregon man convicted of murdering Anchorage teen in 1978 cold case
Donald McQuade, 67, was convicted by a jury Tuesday of killing 16-year-old Shelley Connolly in 1978, after genetic genealogy linked him to the crime.
Wasilla woman kills home invader who stabbed husband, troopers say
Troopers say Justice Beaudoin-Martinez, 22, was burglarizing a home when the residents returned Sunday, leading to a fight in which he was shot.
Surprise snow dump closes Anchorage schools Wednesday
A shifting storm blanketed most of Anchorage with six to nine inches of snow Tuesday, exceeding forecasters' expectations.
Anchorage man accused of murdering unborn child in domestic violence assault
Iohani Wilhem Dean, 21, was indicted Wednesday on new charges in the death of his girlfriend's unborn child after an April assault.
Anchorage police fire on suspect who then jumped from Midtown hotel window
Police say an officer fired on Ryan A. Hunt, who was wanted on a felony warrant, before he jumped from a second-story window Wednesday.
Inmate at Alaska’s Goose Creek prison dies at 69
The Alaska Department of Corrections said Artemy Arthur Hapoff, Jr.'s Sunday death was expected. He is the ninth state inmate to die this year.