Alaska Dispatch News

• Chugiak High students butcher a moose December 12, 2019
• Air ambulance dispatcher didn’t know two companies had already declined flight that turned deadly, report says December 12, 2019
  Federal investigators say the crash of an air ambulance late last month occurred at night after two other companies turned down the flight due to weather and limited daylight.The dispatch officer for Medevac Alaska, the company that provided a paramedic and flight nurse, wasn’t notified of the previous declined flight requests, according to a preliminary […]
• Woman wounded in East Anchorage shooting December 12, 2019
  A woman was wounded by gunfire Wednesday night in East Anchorage, police wrote in an online alert. The woman called 911 around 7:40 p.m. after she was shot in a car near Parsons Avenue and North Pine Street, police said.Investigators believe shots were fired from one vehicle toward another, the alert said. A woman inside […]
• Fairbanks district attorney won’t reopen ‘extremely frustrating’ rape case against man with face tattoo December 12, 2019
  After a review prompted by public outrage, the Fairbanks district attorney’s office announced Thursday it will not reopen a dismissed rape and kidnapping case against Daniel Selovich, also known as Pirate.The dismissal of a 2015 case against Selovich, who bears a distinct facial tattoo, was “extremely frustrating but appropriate under the law,” the Alaska Department […]
• Sitka and police detective agree to $325K settlement over demotion December 12, 2019
  SITKA - The city of Sitka has agreed to pay a former detective $325,000 to settle a lawsuit in which he claimed to have been punished for speaking out about problems in the police department, officials said.Officer Ryan Silva's lawsuit against the City and Borough of Sitka also said he was penalized for taking time […]