A 38-year-old man accused of shooting an Anchorage attorney earlier this month pleaded not guilty to murder charges Friday during an arraignment.

A grand jury indicted a 38-year-old man accused of showing up at an Anchorage attorney’s Government Hill home and shooting him earlier this month.

Police solicited names from the public, and suggestions came flooding in. On Instagram, Furlock Holmes was a top like-getter. Other commenters suggested The Erminator, Rambo and Ferretta.

Charges were filed this week stemming from a November incident where 33-year-old Aaron Richwine, while off-duty, allegedly drove a truck into a ditch after drinking.

The total is a sharp rise from 2023's 23 homicides, but still below the city's modern record of 38 set in 2017.

Fairbanks post office reduces hours due to vandalism, Interior Alaska Farm Forum connects farmers, PFD Education Raffle winners announced, and an Anchorage police officer gains an unlikely new partner.

A man is in critical condition after a shooting in Anchorage on January 18. Police responded to reports of gunfire on Noble Circle and found the victim with life-threatening injuries.

Alaska law enforcement officials say statewide drug enforcement actions focused on mail service resulted in the seizure of more than four times as much alcohol in 2024 than in 2023.

Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving serum and free the community from the grip of diphtheria.

The scandal, referred to by prosecutors as the "DWI enterprise," implicates Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies and New Mexico State Police officers as well as Albuquerque police. Prosecutors allege certain law enforcement officers participated in a yearslong scheme to arrange for drunken-driving cases to be dismissed in exchange for cash.

The camera in an Anchorage police cruiser captured a "pint-sized" ermine—also called a stoat—climbing around the headrests and exploring the vehicle.

A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging three Kodiak residents with drug trafficking crimes in Alaska, including distributing fentanyl which resulted in a fatal overdose.