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1 week ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
Authorities say 45-year-old Sean Mobley left 16-year-old Alena Toennis on a snowy trail in the middle of the night as she was experiencing an overdose. A Wasilla man is accused of selling a teenage girl fentanyl and then abandoning her on a snowy trail in the middle of the night after she overdosed, authorities say.
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2 weeks ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
Anchorage police are asking for public help to learn more about a boy’s suspicious death after his body was found Sunday morning in a car parked in the Fairview area. Police described the boy as a juvenile but did not release his age or his name. Police spokesman Christopher Barraza said dispatchers received a call at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, asking that officers conduct a welfare check on someone inside a blue sedan.
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2 weeks ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
A concerning forecast for statewide wildfire danger has local, state and federal authorities in Alaska’s largest city working on projects to mitigate the threat, including cutting a major fire break through one of Anchorage’s largest areas of parkland. The work will span just over 3 miles of Campbell Airstrip Road, between Anchorage Fire Department Station 14 and the Basher Drive trailhead, the fire department said in a statement.
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3 weeks ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
A man is dead after a shooting Wednesday in a South Anchorage residential area, and investigators are still seeking witnesses, police said. Officers responded just after 5 p.m. Wednesday to a disturbance involving a firearm on the 2300 block of East 66th Avenue, off Lake Otis Parkway south of Dowling Road, according to a police statement. Medics took the man, who had at least one gunshot wound, to a local hospital where he later died.
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1 month ago |
alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint
Anchorage police are still seeking a suspect in a woman’s fatal shooting Thursday at a homeless camp in Mountain View. According to a police statement, officers responded at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday to reports of a shooting near Davis Park. Officers found Haily Ibarra, 31, with at least one gunshot wound. She was taken to a hospital but later died. Police spokesman Christopher Barraza said Monday that investigators found Ibarra at a homeless camp near a city snow dump in the area.
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