Two incidents this week led to police officers being assaulted, according to Juneau Police Department reports and a press release. At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,… Continue reading
A kitchen fire sent smoke and residents streaming out of the Mendenhall Tower Apartments on Thursday morning, Capital City Fire/Rescue officials said on the scene.… Continue reading
The task of preparing for a complex murder trial has proven difficult for the defense attorney in the case, as she said Thursday that she’s… Continue reading
About 100 feet from where Firefighter Emily Lockie stood prior to the start of Wednesday’s annual Make & Break hose race, a memento of the… Continue reading
A young Great Dane died of heat stroke after being left in a car Tuesday afternoon, Gastineau Humane Society Animal Control Officer and Director of… Continue reading
A 13-year-old girl briefly went missing on Kruzof Island near Sitka on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Coast Guard release, as she paddled in the… Continue reading
Annie Caulfield saw tears in the old man’s eyes. The man had lost his home to the flowing lava that came from the Kilauea volcano… Continue reading
A Coast Guard helicopter and a good Samaritan fishing vessel helped rescue three people on a sinking vessel in Sitka Sound on Monday night, according… Continue reading
Comments in an old legal brief prevented a local defense attorney from becoming the state’s newest Juneau Superior Court judge, according to a statement from… Continue reading
While awaiting his trial for drug conspiracy in 2017, Seattle man Zerisenay Gebregiorgis allegedly was in possession of drugs in prison, according to an indictment.… Continue reading
Assistant Municipal Attorney Emily Wright stood up at Wednesday night’s Juneau Reentry Coalition (JREC) community meeting and expressed her concern. Incarcerated defendants, she said, sometimes… Continue reading
Richard “Dick” Willoughby was the kind of person to gaze into a raincloud and see the sun. One of the most colorful characters in Juneau’s… Continue reading
Burglaries, thefts, robberies and aggravated assaults in the first quarter of 2018 are down compared to the first quarter of 2017, according to numbers shown… Continue reading
Mark David Mitchell, charged with attempting to trap wolves during a closed season, was not present at his arraignment Thursday, but his attorney entered a… Continue reading
Mack Arthur Parker, who pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center last year, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. Parker, 52,… Continue reading
This past October, when a Juneau jury found Christopher Strawn guilty of the 2015 murder of Brandon Cook, Cook’s friends and family wore shirts that… Continue reading
When she worked in the Legislature, Marjorie Menzi lived a block away from the Alaska State Capitol. She could easily go home and eat lunch… Continue reading
A mother and daughter died last week in Wrangell after their car went off a road, according to the Wrangell Police Department. Two other children… Continue reading
It’s been eight months since a jury found Christopher Strawn guilty of the 2015 murder of Brandon Cook. This Wednesday, Strawn will be sentenced. Sentencing… Continue reading
As the sun beat down on the large C-SPAN bus in Juneau on Monday afternoon, C-SPAN Marketing Manager Heath Neiderer greeted a crowd with words… Continue reading
