The Juneau district attorney says he probably will not file charges against a 24-year-old man suspected of eating a marijuana joint.
Public Safety
Another Juneau man sentenced in drug trafficking case
Darren Louis Wigg, 34, was sentenced Wednesday to five years behind bars. Wigg’s co-defendant, Edward Hausinger, 49, was sentenced to two years in prison on July 27th.
Teenagers sentenced to prison for murder of Kevin Thornton
Two Hot Spring County, Arkansas, teenagers charged with the death of Kevin Thornton of Juneau were sentenced to prison Wednesday after entering negotiated guilty pleas to charges of second degree murder.
New England fisheries battle deadly fishing conditions
The Bureau of Labor Statistics ranks commercial fishing as the deadliest job in the United States. And despite the popular notion from reality TV’s Deadliest Catch, which features Alaskan crab fishermen, the most dangerous American fishery is in the Northeast.
81-year-old woman medevac’d from Diamond Princess
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka medevac’d a cruise ship passenger from the Diamond Princess early this morning (Tuesday).
Kodiak man sentenced to 30 days in jail for forklift theft
A 19-year-old Ouzinkie man who used a city-owned forklift to pull another vehicle out of a ditch has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.