Jill Burke
Investigate Reporter
Anchorage, AK
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Jill is an award-winning Investigative Reporter and spearheads the "2Investigates" unit at KTUU/KYES
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COVID-19 rental assistance is on its way to landlords and utilities on behalf of tenants, but many who applied have yet to see the money.
The FBI searched the home and business of a couple from Homer on April 28 looking for items stolen from the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Newly unsealed court records show agents believed a woman seen assisting in the theft of a computer belonging to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was Marilyn Hueper of Homer.
A married couple from Alaska says the FBI entered and searched their Homer Inn and Spa, looking for items stolen from the nation's Capitol Jan. 6, including Nancy Pelosi's computer.
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A Wasilla woman was shot four times at home Sunday night and her husband is charged with her murder, according to Alaska State Troopers.
School staff and parents say an older woman in a red SUV has approached students and asked them to go with her. Local law enforcement agencies are investigating the suspicious behavior.
The state of Alaska has launched a new media campaign urging Alaskans to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The NTSB held a board meeting Tuesday to discuss its final report and recommendations related to the 2019 mid-air collision of two flight seeing planes on Misty Fjords National Monument in Ketchikan.
The climate crisis poses a complex political challenge for Biden, since the problem is harder to see and far more difficult to produce measurable results on than either the coronavirus pandemic relief package or the infrastructure bill.
A grandfather shot his mask-wearing grandson who was breaking into his home in North Carolina, according to authorities.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says his administration is making changes to how thoroughly it vets candidates for high-level positions.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released the preliminary report for the helicopter crash that killed five people near Knick Glacier late last month.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is optimistic about the state's recovery amid the ongoing pandemic.
On Tuesday, the NTSB inspected wreckage from the March 27 fatal helicopter crash near the Knik Glacier.
Col. James Cockrell named as Commissioner for the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are demanding a new trial more than a year after his rape conviction.
Friends and family say Zach Russell, 33, was "born to fly," an avid outdoorsman who was as kind and giving as he was strong.
Investigators hope recovering the wreckage of a helicopter that collided with a mountain will help yield clues about what caused the crash.
Here's what we know about the five men killed in a mountainside helicopter crash in Alaska.
As more people get vaccinated, the state moves toward reopening in full.
Why are former Anchorage residents still receiving ballots to vote in the municipal election?
The U.S. and China meet in Anchorage, Alaska, where shared arctic interests could provide common ground.
Repairs lag for aging upper bunks at the Anchorage Correctional Complex.
A former chief and a longtime detective have called into question the inner workings of the Fairbanks Police Department, alleging a workplace culture of discrimination and harassment.
The Alaska Railroad expects increased demand for summer 2021.
Two democratic lawmakers are investigating whether Alaska's labor commissioner, who serves under the state's republican governor, Mike Dunleavy, improperly quashed workplace safety citations and fines against two seafood companies.
It would not be the first time Chinese President Xi Jinping and top aides visited Alaska. In 2017, Jinping stopped in Anchorage for several hours to meet with Alaska Gov. Bill Walker.
The time to vaccinate is now, ahead of spring and summer travel, according the State of Alaska's health department.
Taken together, the materials shed new light on the sprawling patchwork of law enforcement agencies that tried to stop the siege and the lack of coordination and inadequate planning that stymied their efforts.
Three former employees of the Sitka Police Department have settled lawsuits against city. But has the toxic workplace culture that forced them out changed?
In nearly half of the more than 200 federal cases stemming from the attack on the Capitol, authorities have cited evidence that an insurrectionist appeared to be inspired by conspiracy theories or extremist ideologies, according to an Associated Press review of court records.
18 mushers will take off from the Pleasant Valley Store on Saturday to kick off the Summit Quest 300, this year's version of the Yukon Quest.
Anchorage elementary schools welcomed 3rd through sixth graders back to class on Monday.
“Have the vaccines been tested on people with kidney transplants?”
Are you petite? Tall? Overweight? Slender? Here's why health experts say the COVID-19 vaccine should work well for most people regardless of body type.
In Alaska, COVID-19 vaccinations won't exempt you from travel requirements like tests or quarantine. Here's why.
Alaska’s public health team says it’s a bad idea to try to get the first and second dose in different states.
Age matters, but only on an individual basis. That’s according to the priority groups identified in the state’s phased vaccine eligibility plan.
The $10,000 judgment is not a settlement. But it means the group will pay the sum and be dismissed as a defendant from the lawsuit.
Alaska's News Source is providing answers to viewer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine.
A man from Alaska who attended the Jan. 6 protests in Washington D.C. spoke with radio station KSRM about his experience.
We're answering the most commonly asked COVID-19 questions.
The six first responders who evacuated residents before the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville will be the “Honorary 12th Titans” for Tennessee’s home game against the Baltimore Ravens.
All village residents in western Alaska will soon be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
As lawmakers around the U.S. convene this winter to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, statehouses themselves could prove to be hothouses for infection.
The state Health Department has paid PR firms to help with the COVID-19 communications, a firm led by a Dunleavy insider was awarded a sole source contract.
Alaska News Source employees were challened to spread cheer in the community.
The ACLU of Alaska is asking that health policy makers prioritize prisoner access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Health experts give the latest updates on COVID-19 in Alaska, including vaccine progress.
Michael “Moose” Cusack, a Chicago-area man who helped inspire the Special Olympics movement and who won multiple medals at the athletic event over years, has died.
According to DHSS, this first shipment included 35,100 Pfizer doses with 11,700 doses allocated by the Indian Health Service to Alaska’s Tribes.