Luke Foster, now 28, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on two acts of hate-motivated property damage and one drug trafficking offense.
Public Safety
Alaska accuses souvenir store of selling fake Native art and products from ‘Yakutat alpacas’
Alaska has no native alpacas, and the Yakutat Village Council does not exist.
Alaska’s volunteer firefighting force halved over the last decade
The number of volunteer firefighters across the state has plummeted by 45% since 2014 — more than double the decline seen nationwide.
Inmate dies at Palmer Correctional Center
The Department of Public Safety reports that 66-year-old Michael Padilla experienced a medical emergency and died at 4:31 p.m.
Alaska emergency officials investigate why Saturday’s tsunami phone alerts went beyond targeted areas
Alaska emergency officials are once again trying to figure out why cell phones that weren’t supposed to be triggered beeped awake with an urgent tsunami warning on Saturday night.
Missing kayaker believed to have drowned on Mendenhall Lake
Paul Rodriguez was reported overdue Sunday night, but his kayak was found last Tuesday on Mendenhall Lake.