Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News
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A stone sign in the middle of a lawn reads "James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse & Federal Building." In front of the sign are pink, yellow and orange flowers.

Federal prosecutors: Resigned Alaska federal judge had conflict of interest in 23 criminal cases

The revelations about the compromised cases illustrate the growing fallout over former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred’s resignation.
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Alaska serial killer Joshua Wade dies in Indiana prison

The cause of death for Wade, 44, who claimed responsibility for the deaths of five people in Alaska, is unknown.
Alexis Johnson

Anchorage Assembly calls for inquiry into leaked texts between city’s top homeless official and shelter contractors

Anchorage Assembly members say the texts, which Henning Inc. officials say were taken out of context, raise concerns about its shelter management.

4 unsheltered people died outside in Anchorage in the past week. 2 of them were in wheelchairs.

Hundreds of people have been living unsheltered in Anchorage since the Sullivan Arena shelter closed in the spring.
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Anchorage outdoor deaths surge to a record since closure of Sullivan Arena shelter

Twenty-nine people believed to be homeless have died in the city so far in 2023, including six in a four-day period in July.
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‘I watched it rapidly turn into absolute chaos’: Inside the deepening dysfunction at North Star psychiatric hospital

Former workers say understaffing and decisions by management pushed the private psychiatric hospital — the only one in Alaska that serves children — to the brink of disaster.