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State prosecutors say Aaron Scott Merritt sexually abused at least four girls in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Some of the victims say the abuse was well known by congregation leaders for years. -
An Anchorage judge resentenced Winona Fletcher to 60 years reduced by parole to the 40 she's served, effectively releasing her from her initial 135-year prison term. -
Star the reindeer almost had to be euthanized after a masked man sprayed a mysterious substance in the animal’s face on Feb. 21. -
“As soon as he told me he’d recommended me for a federal judgeship, he started asking me to send him nude photos,” the prosecutor said in a statement to investigators unsealed Dec. 9. -
The revelations about the compromised cases illustrate the growing fallout over former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred’s resignation. -
The cause of death for Wade, 44, who claimed responsibility for the deaths of five people in Alaska, is unknown. -
Anchorage Assembly members say the texts, which Henning Inc. officials say were taken out of context, raise concerns about its shelter management. -
Hundreds of people have been living unsheltered in Anchorage since the Sullivan Arena shelter closed in the spring. -
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. -
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.
