Wesley Early is an Anchorage Reporter at Alaska Public Media. He covers a range of topics including city government, education, and regional interests, with a focus on law and legal affairs, crime and justice, and environmental impacts from industries like oil and gas. Wesley's work has been featured in the Anchorage Daily News, KTOO, NPR, and KYUK Public Media.
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Thursday’s incident marks the sixth reported police shooting in Anchorage in 2026.
By: Wesley Early
The recent spending for Anchorage teachers helps to refill some of the more than 300 positions the school board cut to address a $90 million budget deficit ahead of this school year.
By: Valerie Lake
The resident apartment building in Whittier, Alaska towers over a boat parking lot on a summer day of 2021.
By: Wesley Early
The Assembly will take up a roughly $600,000 contract with the tech company Thundercat for the police department’s Real-Time Crime Center, where officers would be able to access a wide variety of technology, from hundreds of traffic cameras to license plate readers.
By: Wesley Early
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case declined to say whether officer Kaden Pohl violated a new department policy that requires officers to be “stopped or close to it” before proceeding through a red light.
By: Wesley Early
Officers responded at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday to a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian at the intersection of the Seward Highway and Benson Boulevard and found a woman in the roadway.
By: Wesley Early
A container of liquefied natural gas and a trailer with specialized equipment crossed the U.S.-Canada border on Thursday and arrived in Portage on Friday, Enstar officials said.
By: Wesley Early
Pilot Eric Middlebrook, 68, of Anchorage died along with three passengers from California: Ronald Schmidt, 65, Lance Schmidt, 20, and Daniel Simons, 82.
By: Wesley Early
The shootings, just five days apart, were the 6th and 7th police shootings in Anchorage so far in 2026.
