Jeffrey Walls has agreed to retire effective Sept. 9, the day before his trial for five misdemeanor assault charges was set to begin.
Public Safety
Fiber optic cable break in Sitka could take nearly two weeks to repair
Sitka has been without internet access since Thursday after an undersea fiber optic cable broke, cutting off the island from the online world.
Sitka still without internet, cell service after undersea cable break
GCI said technicians were working to temporarily reroute Sitka’s internet traffic with hopes to restore basic voice and text service and limited internet sometime Friday.
Alleged victims of former volunteer at Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp are suing
The people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where the abuse took place accountable.
Cleanup efforts begin, crews assess further risk after fatal Ketchikan landslide
Teams of scientists, engineers, and meteorologists were assessing the slide site’s steep hillside Tuesday in Ketchikan.
Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat
Southeast Alaska’s aviation community continued the search after official efforts were called off.