Latest Stories from News of the North

• Attorney General Taylor joins multi-state complaint to stop new federal program that would allow annual illegal immigration in the 300,000s
  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a 20-state coalition that is suing the Biden Administration over a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that unlawfully creates a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of migrants annually.
• Anchorage Grand Jury indicts Fagundes on attempted murder of police officer
  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – An Anchorage Grand Jury returned an indictment, charging 32-year old Joseph Fagundes with one count of first-degree attempted murder, one count of first-degree misconduct involving weapons, one count of third-degree misconduct involving weapons and one count of third-degree assault for shooting at an APD Sergeant on Jan. 14, 2023.
• JA Alaska breaks event fundraising record
  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – The Alaska chapter of the national non-profit Junior Achievement (JA) raised more than $250,000 with its annual Alaska Business Hall of Fame event, besting its past record high by $50,000.
• Augustus Brown Pool Parent & Tot Swim lesson registration opens Jan. 27
  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Registration for the upcoming Parent & Tot swim lessons at Augustus Brown Swimming Pool will open Friday, Jan. 27, at noon.
• Tlingit & Haida praises the restored protections to the Tongass National Forest
  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, along with many other Southeast Alaska tribes, is pleased with the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) final rule to restore longstanding roadless protections to the Tongass National Forest.
• Alaska Law Enforcement seizes millions of doses of fentanyl in 2022
  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) has released its annual drug report highlighting trends in illegal narcotics trafficking in Alaska.
• Juneau man arrested and charged for possession of pills believed to be fentanyl
  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – On Jan. 19, members of the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) task force, located a suspicious parcel being shipped to Juneau in the mail.
• Biden-Harris Administration announces funding to improve ferry service, better connecting Alaskan communities
  WASHINGTON (KINY) – Alaskan communities that depend on ferry service to connect with other parts of the state will see significant improvement due to increased funding of the Alaska Marine Highway announced Wednesday, Jan. 26.
• Five members and associates of white supremacist gang sentenced to life in prison for racketeering, kidnapping, and murder
  Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – Filthy Fuhrer, formerly Timothy Lobdell, 46; Roy Naughton, aka Thumper, 44; Glen Baldwin, aka Glen Dog, 41; Colter O’Dell, 30; and Craig King, aka Oakie, 57, were sentenced this week in Alaska to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
• Anderson named director of UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension
  Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) – Soil scientist Jodie Anderson has been named director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension.