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A forensic artist’s sketch of a third possible victim in the Brian Steven Smith murder case. It’s a composite of images taken from one of Smith’s cell phones.

Crime

Alaska prosecutors release photos of possible third victim in sentencing for convicted killer Brian Smith

During a Memorial Day ceremony at the Anchorage Park Strip, the crowd gathered around the Alaskan Fallen Soldier's World War II Memorial to see PFC George Fox's name, the first new name added to the list, since the granite wall was built. Fox died in 1944 near Anzio Beach, as the Allied Forces tried to liberate Rome.

Regional

Unfinished business from WW II: Recognizing PFC George Fox, an Unangax̂ soldier who died in combat

The story of George Fox is both a history lesson and the story of a forgotten soldier. Recognition for this Alaska Native soldier comes almost 80 years after he died in action in World War II. His name was recently added to the World War II fallen soldier monument on the downtown Anchorage park strip on 9th Avenue, just in time for Memorial Day.

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Troopers investigate death of former Alaska Wildlife Trooper Alex Arduser

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Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of retired Wildlife Trooper Alex Arduser, 44, who spent several years living and working in Unalaska.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski had choice words during a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 on a Chinese surveillance balloon allowed to pass over Alaska.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski takes Biden administration to task over Chinese spy balloon

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At a U.S. Senate committee hearing about the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off South Carolina, Sen. Lisa Murkowski lashed out at the Biden administration. “As an Alaskan, I am so angry, I want to use other words, but I’m not going to,” said Murkowski, who asked representatives from the Defense Department why the administration waited so long to respond to the threat – and why it did not take action, when the surveillance balloon first entered U.S. waters north of the Aleutian Islands on Jan. 28.