Feds arrest 2 after seizing Fentanyl headed to Utqiagvik
“M30” Fentanyl pills similar to the batch recovered by authorities in Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of…
Crime & Courts
Yakutat police department’s updated use-of-force policy addresses chokeholds and de-escalation tactics
The Yakutat Public Safety building (Becky Meiers/KCAW) Yakutat’s police force has updated guidelines for how…
Stealing Toyostoves isn’t easy, but someone in Bethel has it down
A Laser 73 Toyostove weighs 88 pounds empty. It’s also attached to a copper fuel…
Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of critical Native corp. shareholder
Austin Ahmasuk was fined $1,500 for a letter to the editor that the Nome Nugget…
Over 40% of Alaska’s prisoners have contracted COVID-19
Goose Creek Correctional Center, Nov. 1, 2011. (Photo by Ellen Lockyer/Alaska Public Media) After months…
Alaska requires that DNA be collected from people arrested for violent crimes. Many police agencies have ignored that.
Rape kits stacked in the Alaska State Crime Lab in 2019. Though Alaska has a…
After 3 years and $1.5 million devoted to testing rape kits, Alaska made one new arrest
Rape kits stacked in the evidence storage area of the Alaska State Crime Lab in…
Sealaska Heritage and Nieman Marcus will settle lawsuit over sale of Ravenstail coat
Nieman Marcus sold the product on the left under the name “Ravenstail Knitted Coat.” Sealaska…
COVID-19 outbreak at Bethel jail winding down after infecting nearly all inmates
The Bethel jail (Aleina Tanabe/KYUK) The COVID-19 outbreak at the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center is…
Alaska’s pretrial inmate population has swelled with COVID-19 restrictions on courts and attorney-client meetings
Anchorage Correctional Complex (Alaska Department of Corrections photo) Despite efforts to reduce Alaska’s inmate population…
Alaska guns sold in private sales discovered in shipments to Mexican drug cartel
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Wrongful death lawsuit against Juneau police officer in fatal shooting dropped
Juneau Police Chief Ed Mercer during a press conference on Sunday, December 29, 2019, at…