Alaska Public Media

2 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Haley Lehman

The Alaska Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Monday in the case of a 50-year-old Maine man convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of a University of Alaska Fairbanks student. Steven Harris Downs was convicted in 2022 of the rape and murder of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Investigators cracked the cold case in 2019 after a relative submitted her DNA to a genealogy website that matched DNA from the crime scene.

5 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Tim Rockey

Friday on Alaska Public Media:Gov. Dunleavy's veto of education funding has Alaska school district officials confused and concerned. Plus, a new book chronicles how the Fairbanks Four were wrongfully convicted and the unlikely path they took to get out of prison. And, a backcountry skiing and snowboarding competition returns to Haines after nearly a decade.

5 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Ammon Swenson

This Saturday is the Hip Hop Orchestra Experience in the Discovery Theater. The show promises to combine hip hop with classical music displaying how compositions from Bach or Mozart can find new energy when reimagined. The Anchorage Concert Association presentation features Alaska Youth Orchestra members and alumni backing up MC Unity Lewis, Yung Phil and Anchorage's Brother Buffalo. Brother Buffalo is a hip hop duo comprised of brothers Jake and Garrett Swenson.

6 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Patrick Gilchrist

A Fort Wainwright soldier is charged with fatally shooting a man in a Fairbanks apartment last week. Adayus Robertson, 24, faces charges of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and violating conditions of release in the death of Joseph Casas, 37. According to a charging document against Robertson, Fairbanks police found Casas with a gunshot wound to the head at about 10 a.m. on April 11, after someone reported shots fired at an apartment on 27th Avenue.

6 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Tim Rockey

Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:Gov. Dunleavy, again, vetoes a statewide education funding boost. Plus, new travel restrictions for federal workers cancel a landslide conference in Southeast, where slides have killed a dozen people in the last decade. And, Kenai Peninsula crafters wonder where they'll shop after their supply store closes.