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Local state troopers among those to start wearing cameras

Ultimately every trooper, marshal and officer under the department will be issued a camera during a “full-deployment” later…

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Troopers: Seward correctional officer provided illegal drugs to inmate

An officer at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward was arrested Thursday on allegations that he delivered illegal…

Eric Osuch tries to offer papers related to his arrest in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Monday, April 17, 2023, to a reporter as Juneau Police Department officers escort him to a nearby patrol vehicle. Osuch, who was staging a solo protest about fisheries bycatch policies, was banned from the Capitol after causing a public disruption and was arrested a short time later for another alleged disturbance inside the State Office Building. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Fisheries activist arrested at Capitol

Juneau man staging solo protest disrupts committee hearing

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Soldotna man sentenced with 31 years for 2021 DUI manslaughter

The sentence was a result of a plea agreement

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State Trooper convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a minor

Vance Peronto, formerly an Alaska State Trooper based in Soldotna, was convicted Friday of one count of attempted…

The cover of the March 20 State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin, “AKVDRS Homicide Victims Update — Alaska, 2011-2020” (Screenshot)

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Department of Health: Homicides increased last decade

Homicides accounted for 19% of the violent deaths in Alaska from 2011-2020

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Kenai woman sentenced to 10 years for federal drug trafficking and firearms charges

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with the Alaska State Troopers and the…

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YouTube videos lead to citations for wintertime coho fishing

All three were cited for removing silver salmon from the water

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Kenai man charged with murdering woman in hotel room

The man is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder…

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Emergency lights flash on top of a police car. On Wednesday, a trio of bills seeking to increase penalties for sex and drug crimes was introduced by by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

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Governor targets sex and drug crimes

Bills increase penalties for sex trafficking and fatal overdoses, but effectiveness questioned

The Homer Spit stretching into Kachemak Bay is seen here on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer woman indicted over seaplane incident

Marian Tillion Beck was indicted on charges of negligent operation of a vessel and attempted interference with the…

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Seward resident arrested after Department of Public Safety advisory

The advisory, published around 3 a.m., said that 44-year-old Cash Christensen was sought by the Seward Police Department

The front facade of Outlaw Body & Paint on Kalifornsky Beach Road undergoes repairs in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. The building was hit by a car on Saturday night. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Car crashes into local shop; Nikiski man arrested

Troopers were notified around 6:30 p.m. Saturday that a car had collided into the front of the business

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Troopers arrest man in Seward for possession of drugs, firearm

The man was taken to the Seward City Jail

During a hearing at the Juneau Courthouse, 34-year-old Anthony Michael Migliaccio pleaded not guilty after he was arrested on a first-degree murder charge in the killing of a 55-year-old Juneau woman. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Man arrested in Juneau killing pleads not guilty

News follows a two-month investigation.

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Kenai man indicted for murder

Kevin Lee Park was arrested in connection with a shooting last week on California Avenue

The entrance to the Kenai Police Department, as seen in Kenai, Alaska, on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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More details emerge in Kenai killing

The man accused of killing 31-year-old Stephanie Henson told police the two were friends, charging documents state

The front of the Kenai Police Department as seen on Dec. 10, 2019. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Man arrested in connection with Kenai killing

The Kenai Police Department received a report of a shooting on California Street

Signs in honor of Duffy Murnane were available for people to hold while retracing her last known steps during the memorial walk on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2021. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Man accused in Homer death extradited to Alaska

Kirby Calderwood is accused of killing Anesha “Duffy” Murnane

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Nikiski residents arrested in Moose Pass drug bust

The arrests happened after a traffic stop