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High wind watch issued for the Anchorage area over the weekend
The National Weather Service said back-to-back systems have the potential to bring winds with gusts up to 100 mph to parts of ...
Anchorage Police Say They Witnessed a Sexual Assault in Public. It Took Seven Years for the Case to Go to Trial.
In Alaska, where the time to resolve most serious felony cases has nearly tripled over the past decade, one case was delayed ...
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Some felony cases in Anchorage are taking 5, 7 or even 10 years to resolve, reporter finds
News and ProPublica journalist Kyle Hopkins discovered these extreme delays while looking into a sexual assault from 2017.
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Consultant lays out ways to improve Anchorage Police’s use of force policies
A consultant hired by Anchorage’s municipal attorney has nearly a dozen recommendations to improve police de-escalation and ...
Outside review of Easter Leafa killing by Anchorage police calls for changes in operations
The municipality on Thursday released a third-party review into the shooting death of Easter Leafa, a 16-year-old high school student killed by Anchorage police officers in August. The review ...
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Anchorage jail inmate dies after December assault
A man held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex has died after authorities say his cellmate severely beat him, in a case ...
Identity of Midtown Anchorage police shooting suspect confirmed in court documents
Court documents obtained by Alaska News Source, show the man Anchorage Police shot Tuesday during what officers described as ...
Anchorage was warmer than several Florida cities this morning. How cold did it get?
It was warmer in Anchorage — yes, that Anchorage, in Alaska — than it was in some parts of Florida early Wednesday morning.
Anchorage Assembly postpones vote on sales tax proposals
Anchorage residents won't see a sales tax proposal on the ballot in the April city election. The Assembly on Tuesday postponed voting on a bevy of competing ballot measures to institute a sales tax in ...
Anchorage officer shoots suspect following report of armed robbery in Midtown
Anchorage police said an officer shot and seriously wounded a man in Midtown while responding to an armed robbery in progress on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the shooting occurred just before 2 p.m.
‘It’s a tough problem to address': Anchorage police captain speaks to challenges of housing the unhoused
Being unhoused and relying on odd jobs to get by for roughly the last nine years, Alex says the cycle of abatements is ...
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Anchorage police chief highlights steps taken to address use of force and de-escalation
After a teenager was shot and killed by Anchorage police last year, the mayor called for an outside review of what happened. Now, that report is revealing a list of ...