More than 19 years after 38-year-old Angela Wilds was found dead in the canyon southwest of Lyons, prosecutors and defense attorneys debated whether the available evidence was enough to convict an ...

Alaska crime trends show a mixed picture: While property crime rates have steadily declined, violent crime rates remain significantly high, according to national crime data. The mixed data fits into a ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday signed into law a bill originally aimed at curbing the meteoric rise in opioid overdoses in the state, but which turned into comprehensive crime legislation that Alaska ...

Alaskans are facing a growing threat this holiday season as postal inspectors report an increase in package theft and sophisticated scams designed to harvest credit card numbers and personal data.

Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier is a comprehensive narrative chronicling criminal cases shaping Alaska's history from the early 1900s to present day. Anyone can write a book on murders; ...

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor covered an array of topics at the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, including statehood defense and the proposed 800-mile Alaska LNG (liquefied ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

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National crime data for 2023 shows Alaska’s overall violent crime rate was more than 540% the national rate. Alaska crime trends show a mixed picture: While property crime rates have steadily declined ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy holds up the omnibus crime bill, House Bill 66, after signing it at a July 11, 2024, ceremony held at the Department of Public Safety’s aircraft hangar at Lake Hood in Anchorage.

The true crime genre is wildly popular at least partly because it’s pretty straightforward. There’s a violent, horrific crime and the audience hears the true story of what happened, grisly plot twists ...