Remnants of Typhoon Champi Lash Southcentral Alaska with Wind, Rain & Heavy Snow
A powerful storm carrying the remnants of former Typhoon Champi swept across Southcentral Alaska overnight into Friday, whipping the Anchorage hillsides with high winds, burying mountain passes in heavy snow and soaking the coast with several inches of rain. The National Weather Service in Anchorage described the system as “a...
Power outages reported for thousands of people around Anchorage, Mat-Su
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - At one point Friday morning, more than 40,000 customers were without power across Southcentral Alaska after a windstorm knocked down power lines and tripped transmission lines, according to the Chugach Electric and Matanuska Electric Association outage maps. According to Chugach Electric, more than 11,800 customers are...
Another Major WA Manufacturer to Shut Down, Moving Work to Tennessee
Big Sheet Metal-Parts Company Shifts Work to Spokane, Tennessee
High School Teacher Faces Upgraded First-Degree Murder Charges After Death of Mother
Xavier Matthew Johnson, a 31-year-old Washington school teacher, faces upgraded charges of first-degree murder after the fatal stabbing of his 60-year-old mother, Kaylea Johnson. After walking into the Richland police department to confess, a state forensic evaluation confirmed he is fit to assist in his defense despite documented delusions. The case remains on hold pending a final competency determination by the judge.
Shayna Feinman: Mexican police misidentify missing Arizona woman found in Tijuana
According to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, physical evidence confirmed the individual located in Tijuana was not Feinman.
4 adults hospitalized after lightning strike at El Mirage Elementary School
EL MIRAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — Four adults were injured from a lightning strike at a West Valley school bus drop-off Friday morning. Just after 8:30 a.m., first responders were called to reports of the lightning strike at El Mirage Elementary School, near Thunderbird Road and El Mirage Road. Four...
69 guns seized in raid on Bend home; suspect facing ghost gun and automatic...
BEND-Law enforcement officers seized nearly 70 firearms—including automatic weapons and illegal “ghost guns”—during a search warrant execution at a home in Bend on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Detectives with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) team began investigating 66-year-old Bend resident Eric Keith Testerman earlier this...
Pima County Attorney courts controversy with recent hires
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Pima County Attorney Laura Conover has hired Paul Skitzki and Nicki DiCampli, two attorneys who were reprimanded for allegedly withholding information in a murder-for-hire plot. The move is prompting questions from law enforcement and former county attorney Barbara Lawall. Background. The case centers on the...
Scottsdale police say burglary suspect used social media to pick targets
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Sean McGraw was vacationing with his wife in Montana earlier this month when he got a call from Scottsdale police. They told him his home had been burglarized, and they had caught a suspect. "We're in Whitefish, Montana, thinking, 'Oh my gosh, like I have no...
WATCH: Phoenix bank employees rescue food vendor during severe Arizona storm in viral video
A group of Arizona bank employees sprang into action to help a longtime neighborhood food vendor escape a powerful storm, pulling him and his cart inside as strong winds and hail battered the Phoenix area in a heartwarming rescue caught on video. The incident occurred at a PNC Bank branch...
