Girl, 13, located after report she was missing from home
Published: January 30th, 2010 10:27 PM
Anchorage police have located a 13-year-old girl who went missing from her Muldoon home early this afternoon.
Police looking for man who is targeting school aged girls
Created: 01/29/2010 07:57:42 PM PST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTVA-CBS 11 News)
Tonight three attempted abductions of young girls in East Anchorage over a two-week span has everyone searching for a suspect. Anchorage police and school district officials say this is one of the most dangerous situations they’ve ever seen with school-aged girls as the targets.
Injured officer speaks out
Created: 01/28/2010 08:53:43 PM PST
Officer Jason Allen the officer ambushed last month gave his first interview today to Anchorage Media. He remains in the hospital and his gunman is still on the loose, but injured Anchorage Police Officer Jason Allen says he can’t wait to get back to work.
Wounded Anchorage officer still in pain
Published: January 28th, 2010 03:39 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Anchorage police officer ambushed while sitting in his cruiser earlier this month says he’s making progress but still in extreme pain.
New police chief Mew takes over position
Monday, January 25, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage’s new police chief moved into APD headquarters Monday.
New finances report calls for Begich administration audit
Published: January 24th, 2010 06:18 PM
Anchorage’s city attorney has raised new questions about the accuracy of financial information given the municipal Assembly and other parties during the final months of former Mayor Mark Begich’s administration.
Donations raise reward to $25,000 for info on police officer’s shooter
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police hope a bigger reward will lead to more tips in the shooting of Anchorage police officer Jason Allen.
Our view: Together
Published: January 18th, 2010 07:26 PM
Sgt. Derek Hsieh, head of the police union, says the response of Anchorage to the drive-by shooting of Officer Jason Allen “transcends words.”
Bands hold benefit for wounded Anchorage officer
Published: January 18th, 2010 08:50 AM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Local bands held a five-hour benefit concert Sunday night in Anchorage for wounded police Officer Jason Allen.
Police officer shot, seriously wounded
Published: January 9th, 2010 03:22 PM
Neighbors in the area of a Fairview shooting this morning in which an Anchorage police officer was seriously wounded said they heard a series of gunshots about the time of the 2 a.m. incident. The officer had responded a short time earlier to a call involving a family dispute.
Police say Anchorage officer shot several times
Published: January 9th, 2010 01:17 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage police officer was ambushed without provocation by unknown gunmen early Saturday as he sat in his patrol car working on an apparently unrelated assault case, police said, and city officials vowed to catch those responsible.
Anchorage police officer shot several times
Published: January 9th, 2010 10:21 AM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Anchorage police say one of their officers was shot and wounded while sitting in his patrol car early Saturday.
Real women wear ankle holsters (even in 1975)
Posted: January 8, 2010 – 10:39 pm
Forty years ago, Marilyn Bailey was fresh out of Angelo State University with a degree in drama when her car caught fire. She was fine, but the car burned to its wheels. Then a $600 insurance check arrived in the mail. She was 21 and she “wanted to do something significant,” she said. So she bought a ticket to Alaska.
Teenagers burglarize house, throw stolen laptops into a creek as police close in
Created: 01/07/2010 10:38:41 AM PST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — On Jan. 6, two 15-year-old boys forced their way into a Juneau Street home neighborhood and stole two laptop computers. A watchful neighbor called police and told officers which direction the boys had gone.
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U.S. police fatalities for 2009 hit 50-year low, with none in Alaska
Sunday, January 3, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police fatalities in the U.S. hit a 50-year low in 2009, with no officers killed in Alaska.
A different sort of crackdown
Published on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 5:02 PM AKST
When the story of Lori Phillips, the repeat DUI offender who is charged with killing a man and injuring his fiancée while she was driving intoxicated on the Seward Highway in November, hit the news, outrage ensued. Phillips was out on bail for a pending DUI charge, and already had two convictions for DUI prior to that arrest.
http://www.anchoragepress.com/articles/2009/12/30/news/doc4b3bc5f86c7d7184243481.txt
Two teenagers facing charges for early-morning assault
Created: 12/29/2009 10:31:34 AM PST
Police say two teenagers assaulted a man walking by the intersection of Northern Lights Boulevard and Forest Park Drive in Anchorage early this morning.
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Man arrested after standoff
Published: December 26th, 2009 02:02 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A 48-year-old man is under arrest after an hours-long standoff with Anchorage police.
Mayor wants his officers off parking ticket beat
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Mayor Dan Sullivan is wondering if the city should be spending its money on sworn police officers monitoring parking meters in downtown Anchorage.
Former Anchorage officer named new chief of police
Published: December 22nd, 2009 12:17 PM
Mayor Dan Sullivan named a former Anchorage cop currently working for the local School District as the city’s chief of police Monday.
Business people – Doug Fifer
Published: December 18th, 2009 02:33 AM
Anchorage police officer Doug Fifer was recently selected as one of the “Native American 40 under 40″ recipients by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development.
Cold case spotlights crime lab push
Created: 12/17/2009 07:34:07 PM PST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTVA-CBS 11 News) An Anchorage man, murdered more than four years ago, is putting the spotlight on a proposal by Gov. Sean Parnell, R-Alaska, to build a new $75 million crime lab.
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Sullivan says shortfall for 2009 is $2 million more
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mayor Dan Sullivan says the city is facing another $2 million budget shortfall this year.
Anchorage man arrested for serial rape of homeless men
Thursday, December 10, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Police say they’ve arrested a serial rapist who preyed on young homeless men.
Assembly approves compromise budget by a 10-1 vote
TINKERING: Spending plan adds about $600,000 to mayor’s $420 million total.
Published: December 8th, 2009 10:18 PM
Months of work and hours of public hearings ended with a near unanimous vote Tuesday night on a 2010 city budget that in the final analysis was just slightly bigger than the $420.6 million spending plan submitted by Mayor Dan Sullivan in early October.
Girl in stable condition after stabbing at Service High
Monday, December 7, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A stabbing Monday at Service High School sent a teenage girl to the hospital, police on a manhunt and shockwaves throughout the community.
Assembly to review mayor’s leaner budget
BROAD CUTS: Jobs on the block; library and bus hours would feel pinch.
Published: December 7th, 2009 10:51 PM
A leaner, tighter city budget that would lay off dozens of full- and part-time city employees is before the Anchorage Assembly tonight as Mayor Dan Sullivan puts his first real mark on local government.
Guns ‘n Hoses combined aren’t enough to stop New York win
Sunday, December 6, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Sullivan Arena was packed for the annual Guns ‘n Hoses hockey game Sunday night.
Anchorage man sentenced for mailing threats to judges, police officers
Created: 12/01/2009 05:25:06 PM PST
An Anchorage man has been sentenced to probation for mailing threatening letters and blaming them on another person he wanted to see fired.
Report critical of Begich is on Assembly agenda tonight
SHORTFALL: Begich’s CFO says it’s full of mistakes, misstatements.
Published: December 1st, 2009 07:22 AM
Anchorage Assembly members tonight will take up a city attorney’s report accusing former Mayor Mark Begich of concealing from them the city revenue crisis that has caused a cut in worker pay and city services this year.