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The Office of Public Advocacy, facing a staffing crisis, relied on a fledgling nonprofit to lighten its caseload. Some transferred clients lost critical benefits.

Some of Alaska’s most vulnerable residents were left ailing, indebted and at risk of losing their housing after their guardianship cases were transferred from a public agency to a fledgling nonprofit.

Man sentenced to 99 years in 2017 killing of Anchorage paint shop owner Author: Anchorage Daily News Published 2 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article A 31-year-old man was sentenced this week to 99 years in prison for killing the owner of an Anchorage paint shop in 2017, state prosecutors said Friday. Randall Igou, who was charged in 65-year-old Gregory Gill’s death, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in November. Surveillance footage showed Igou entering Aurora Paint Co. ear...

Wed, 01/27/2021 - 9:01am Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera will face recall on the April municipal ballot. (Photo/Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News) Karma, huh? Just more than a year ago on Jan. 10, 2020, Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth ruled that the recall effort against Gov. Mike Dunleavy could proceed in a decision that was ultimately upheld by the state Supreme Court. Now it turns out that Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera will face the voters first, and long before Dunleavy, if h...