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Brian Venua/KMXT“Our theme for the conference this year is ‘Beyond the Bench,’ and we really wanted to focus on ways that we can better ourselves as attorneys and not just in the courtroom,” said Payton Callahan, a senior at Kodiak High School, the president of the local teen court’s Board of Directors, and a Teen Court judge. -
A monk associated with the Russian Orthodox Church turned himself in to the Kodiak Police Department, to report that he had sexually abused an 8-year-old child, according to the state Department of Law. The department said in a statement Friday that 59 year-old Evan P. Nicolai has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse of a …
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A divided Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly is asking lawmakers to add law enforcement to the list of classes protected from discrimination in Alaska. As KRBD’s Eric Stone reports, that’s after Borough Mayor Rodney Dial cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of the resolution. On Monday, Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly took up a resolution asking the Alaska … -
One person is dead following a hit-and-run incident discovered early Wednesday morning on West Rezanof Drive near Pier III. The Kodiak Police Department responded to a call at approximately 6:20 a.m. from a citizen reporting a person laying on Rezanof near Pier III, which is the dock with the big crane. According to a release … -
Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring the weekly update from the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center, and state and local stories on: Kodiak is ranked the best place to raise a family in Alaska Louise Stutes reacts to the fatal car crash in Petersberg that killed four fishermen Sitka police department hired a jailor who … -
by Alaska Native News U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced on Wednesday that Kodiak man, Luke Bunting, age 23, went before U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess for sentencing on Tuesday. According to the Department of Justice, Judge Burgess sentenced Bunting to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release that includes 6 months … -
A 30-year-old man was killed on Saturday at a secure military facility on Kodiak. Alaska State Troopers confirmed the man was Jayson Vinberg, but did not specify at which facility he died. Troopers responded to a call around 10:30 pm on Saturday that a person was shot on a secure facility in the Kodiak area. … -
Kodiak’s jail has changed some of its procedures and added precautionary measures to protect inmates and staff from potentially contracting COVID-19. Following Alaska Department of Corrections guidelines, the jail suspended in-person visits last month. Police Chief Tim Putney said staff are monitoring temperatures for inmates who show symptoms or say they are feeling ill, and … -
Domestic violence is a major issue in Alaska, and the confined living situations introduced by the pandemic — while necessary for slowing the spread of COVID-19 — are likely to make the issue worse. Kelsey Eggert, a lawyer for Alaska Legal Services works in Juneau, but previously practiced in Kodiak. “We’ve now seen an uptick … -
On today’s edition of The Lowdown, we hear from law enforcement about changes to the way they are operating to limit exposure between officers and the public. We also talk about how law enforcement is supporting the emergency response activities in Kodiak. Our guests on today’s show are Kodiak Police Chief Tim Putney, Alaska State … -
Kodiak’s law enforcement teams have shifted protocols since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim Putney, chief of Kodiak Police, says they’ve suspended foot patrols and stopped doing traffic stops for minor infractions like a missed turn signal. Officers are also decontaminating patrol cars every time they have to transport someone, and using N-95 masks … -
The Kodiak man who was recently convicted and sentenced for the 2012 double murder at the Coast Guard Communication Station in Kodiak filed a notice with the court on Friday that he plans to appeal the case. James Michael Wells was convicted in the murder of two co-workers in an October 2019 trial, and sentenced …
