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• Anchorage man faces 28 charges related to child pornography ...

  

  Bernard Droege. Courtesy Anchorage Police Department Last update at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16 ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man has been arrested for sexually abusing two young victims and possessing child pornography, according to the Anchorage Police Department. Police announced the arrest of 56-year-old Bernard Droege on Wednesday. He faces 28 charges — eight counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, 10 counts of unlawful exploitation of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography po..

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• Suspect charged with murder following fatal shooting at Anchorage ...

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - UPDATE - Wednesday: The suspect taken into custody after the fatal shooting of a mechanic at an Anchorage auto dealership Tuesday afternoon has been charged with first and second degree murder, according to police. Police say witnesses saw the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Trevon Allridge, arrive at the shop located on the 1000 block of East 74th Avenue near Old Seward Highway. Allridge then shot 51-year-old mechanic William Schmaus “for unknown reasons” before fleeing ..

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• Dakota Access pipeline protesters march in Anchorage

  

  Demonstrators march to the Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall to protest the Dakota Access pipeline project. (Elizabeth Harball, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage) Alaskans joined protesters around the country Tuesday staging demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline project, including two in Anchorage. Listen Now The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe objects to the project in North Dakota because they worry it will harm their water supply and disturb sacred sites. Their cause has drawn support from Nat..

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• Massive Toys for Tots shipment prepared to depart from Anchorage

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - This winter season, kids from all around the state of Alaska will have their holidays made, much of that due to the work of the U.S. Marines and Alaska Toys for Tots. "I can't wait to see all the kids' faces when we actually do present them with the toys," said Staff Sgt. Luis Gonzalez, Assistant Alaska Toys for Tots Coordinator, who's in his first year with the donation program. "We're doing a great thing." A massive bunch of stocked pallets - with 15,000 pounds of toys on t..

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• South Anchorage auto-shop shooting brings murder charge

  

  Crime & Courts South Anchorage auto-shop shooting brings murder charge Anchorage police investigate the scene near Old Seward Highway and 74th Avenue on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. Police said they found one man dead and took another man into custody nearby. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)

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• Four new pot shops approved in Anchorage

  

  Four new pot shops approved in Anchorage The Anchorage Assembly approved four new cannabis businesses within the municipality on Tuesday during its regular meeting. Listen Now  They include two retail shops and a manufacturing facility in the Anchorage Bowl, as well as a shop in Girdwood that shares a location with a laundromat. However, the body voted to postpone weighing in on local permits for Arctic Herbery. The business was on track to be the first pot shop in Anchorage, but came unde..

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• Anchorage Cold Cases: 14 years after nephew's murder, uncle ...

  

  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - More than a decade since he was murdered in a crowded parking lot, family members of Louis DeJesus are pleading with the public to come forward with information that could help put the killer behind bars. Louis DeJesus. Photo courtesy Maretae Wright “If any other senseless murders take place by the person who murdered my nephew, you have helped that person commit another murder because you didn’t stand up and speak out,” said Rene Rouzan, uncle of DeJesus. Rouzan says he s..

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• Chief Tolley: Gun used to shoot police officer tied to five Anchorage ...

  

  A Colt Python 357 revolver used to wound an Anchorage police officer during an early Saturday morning shootout is the same firearm used in five Anchorage homicides this year, police chief Chris Tolley said Tuesday. Click through the timeline below to see which homicides have been connected to the revolver and what evidence investigators found at the crime scenes. While police have linked the same firearm to each of the five killings, they have not definitively said the man shot and killed by po..

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• Anchorage mom advocates for car seat safety after spotting ...

  

  ANCHORAGE – What started out as a normal day of running errands for Dr. Jessica Dachowski took a turn when she stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Old Seward Highway and Dimond Boulevard in South Anchorage. In the car next to her were two small children, both appearing to be unbuckled with one holding onto the driver’s-seat headrest. Missing from the backseat were child safety seats of some sort, she says. “It sparked in me just an anxiety,” said Dachowski, who pulled out her pho..

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• Walker names Anchorage lawyer Kendall to replace Whitaker as ...

  

  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reporter Matt Buxton speaks to Jim Whitaker, outgoing chief of staff for Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, shortly before Walker's inauguration ...

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