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A former Anchorage police officer has been arrested on sexual assault charges.  Anchorage police officials announced Monday that 33-year-old Scott Boneta was arrested Sunday after officers were told about a sexual assault that occurred last December. They said detectives immediately began an investigation. Scott Boneta was arrested on Oct. 1, 2023 for sexual assault. (Anchorage…

The James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse & Federal Building in downtown Anchoragex. (Valerie Kern/ Alaska Public Media) An Anchorage city commissioner and her husband have been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $1.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds.   Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s office say 41-year-old Rosalina Mavaega and her husband, 44-year-old Esau Fualema…

From inside one of nine home under construction in Soldotna, Whitney Cavazos points to her future home a few lots over on Aug. 31, 2023. She and her husband schedule in at least 36 hours of construction work a week on top of their day jobs as owner-builders in RurAL Cap’s Mutual Self-Help Housing program.…

Anchorage residents downtown on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, share how they’re going to spend their PFDs this year. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Eligible Alaskans will see Permanent Fund dividends arrive in their bank accounts Oct. 5, with paper checks expected by Oct. 26. The $1,312 payments are less than last year’s PFD, which included an…

Large and hungry: 747, the reigning Fat Bear Week champion, is one of the most dominant males on the Brooks River. (Felicia Jimenez/NPS photo) Last October, Alaskans and other viewers around the world hunkered down on Katmai National Park and Preserve’s website to witness 2022 victor Bear 747 and his competitors pack on weight during…

Indigenous Peoples Day honors and respects the Indigenous Peoples who have lived, thrived and survived on homelands for 10,000 years! Join Alaska Public Media, Alaska Pacific University, Molly of Denali and community organizations for an Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration on Monday, October 9, from 12 to 2 p.m. (doors open at 11 a.m.) at Moseley…

Emily Gebel was diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2022. After Gebel moved her treatment from Seattle to Alaska, where she lived, she discovered it was priced much higher in her home state. (Ash Adams/KFF Health News) Emily Gebel was trying to figure out why she was having trouble breastfeeding. That’s when she felt a…

Large and hungry: 747, the reigning Fat Bear Week champion, is one of the most dominant males on the Brooks River. (Felicia Jimenez/NPS photo) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Friday on…

Sami Graham, former chief of staff to Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, testifies to the Anchorage Assembly on Sept. 29, 2023 (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly heard testimony Friday from two of the four people it subpoenaed to discuss an election challenge filed earlier this year. It’s the first time the two — Sami…

A still from a video of Eugene Peltola’s plane taking off from a remote airstrip near St. Mary’s on Sept. 12, 2023, moments before the crash that killed him. (From NTSB) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to…

Signs and yellow tape on the floor mark out where election observers and other visitors are free to move about inside the Anchorage Election Center, pictured here on March 13, 2023. (Jeremy Hsieh/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly has subpoenaed four people to provide testimony on an April challenge to the city’s election. Two of…

Josh Revak says he’s leaving Rep. Peltola’s office to pursue unspecified “other opportunities.” (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Congresswoman Mary Peltola’s controversial pick for state director is leaving his post. Josh Revak, a former Republican state legislator, took the job in February. He’ll be leaving Oct. 1 to pursue “other opportunities,” he is quoted as saying…

A brightly colored rock greenling recently caught by Homer fisherman Joe Chmeleck. (Courtesy Joe Chmeleck) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly: Trawler bycatch of killer whales in…

The crashed AS350 helicopter on the North Side of Knik Glacier. (Alaska Mountain Rescue Group) The probable cause of a heli-skiing crash in Alaska in 2021 that killed a Czech billionaire and four others was a failure by the pilot to adequately respond to whiteout conditions, a federal accident report released Wednesday concluded. The report…

A city sign posted at a large, unofficial campground on a vacant lot along Anchorage’s Third Avenue, pictured here on July 10, 2023, lists prohibited activities. Someone rubbed “camping” off the top of the list. (Jeremy Hsieh/Alaska Public Media) Anchorage has joined a long list of organizations and local governments petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court…

Sylvester Ayek and his daughter Kimberly set their gillnet in the Tuksuk Channel. (Berett Wilber for Northern Journal) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: The potential for…

The traditional Iñupiaq village of Teller sits on a long spit of land separating two bodies of water off Western Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. The bay of Port Clarence is west toward the Bering Sea, and Grantley Harbor is inland to the east. (Berett Wilber for Northern Journal) SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA — Ducks and swans flew…

A red Ford F-150 allegedly used in the scam. (Fairbanks Police Department) Alaska State Troopers say they have arrested two Romanian men in a roadside fake-gold scam spanning the state’s Railbelt communities over the past month, but warn that more suspects may remain at large. Troopers announced the Fairbanks arrests of 21-year-olds Valentin Miclescu and…

An aerial view of Fort Yukon Alaska on Tuesday evening, August 29, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to news@alaskapublic.org. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast. Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Four years into the…

Garments from the Sea Ice Collection modeled in New York City by fashion designer Corentin Daudigny, at left, and filmmaker/artist Amy Lauren, at right. The designs were inspired by images collected by Marc Oggier, a scientist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ International Arctic Research Center. (Photo by Umakant Jani/provided by University of Alaska Fairbanks)…