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The Republicans I miss in the Alaska Legislature Author: Andy Josephson Published January 13 Share on Facebook Print article The new year, the COVID-19 crisis, and the end of the election cycle have caused me to reflect on the many great legislators I’ve had the privilege of working with over the past eight years. I wanted to take some time to comment on some of them and recall the wisdom of the voters in electing each one. A number were defeated at the polls. Some chose to retire. Tra...

After 3 Years and $1.5 Million Testing Rape Kits, Alaska Made One New Arrest In the state with the highest rate of sexual assault in the nation, testing the backlog of rape kits may not be enough. Many were from cases where the identity of the suspect was already known, or were opened only to find no usable DNA. Dec. 30, 2020, 11 a.m. EST Rape kits stacked in the evidence storage area of the Alaska State Crime Lab in 2019. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News) Sexu...