Tim Rockey
Sr. Digital Reporter/Producer
Anchorage
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Tim Rockey focused much of his recent reporting on local government and also covered hundreds of local sporting events from the sidelines. He spent time coaching baseball in Palmer before becoming a reporter full-time.
He joined Alaska's News Source in October 2021 as a digital reporter and producer. In August 2022 he was promoted to the role of senior digital reporter/producer.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 3:24 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage police say they arrested an 18-year-old West Anchorage High School student early Wednesday morning.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 3:12 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A Halibut Cove restaurant owner has been indicted on federal charges after a video went viral on social media showing the restaurant owner circling a float plane in a boat at dangerously close proximity.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:27 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Alaska’s lone member in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mary Peltola, has secured a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 6:15 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A young Ambler man who went missing on Jan. 16 has been found dead near Kotzebue, Alaska State Troopers say.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 5:38 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage’s Acting Municipal Attorney Blair Christensen is resigning from her position.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 3:34 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage police are investigating an assault at the Sullivan Arena.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 2:46 PM AKST
|By Tracy Sinclare and Tim Rockey
A pedestrian was struck and killed Saturday afternoon and the driver of the vehicle arrested for DUI.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 7:43 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A man has turned himself in to law enforcement after Alaska State Troopers say they responded to a double homicide reported in Delta Junction.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 1:48 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed Sitka Superior Court Judge Jude Pate to the Alaska Supreme Court.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:07 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey and Mike Mason
Anchorage Municipal Ombudsman Darrel Hess alleged in a memo sent Thursday morning that a municipal “executive” said Mayor Dave Bronson’s office was viewing surveillance footage of the ombudsman’s office to see which employees visited the office and spoke with members of the Anchorage Assembly.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 6:10 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey, Joey Klecka and Lauren Maxwell
A polar bear attacked and killed a St. Michael mother and her young son Tuesday in Wales, according to troopers, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 4:27 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Two people were reported dead in the Southeast Alaska community of Skagway over the weekend that police believe are related to fentanyl.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 4:13 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
In a 2-1 decision made by the Alaska Supreme Court, House District 16 winner Jennie Armstrong’s eligible Alaska residency was confirmed — meaning that she can serve her term in the Alaska House of Representatives.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 12:04 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
An Anchorage man died after crashing his vehicle into a semi-truck near Palmer on Thursday night.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 3:12 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A United States District Court Judge in Seattle has granted a motion for the state of Alaska to intervene in the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of air quality in and around Fairbanks.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 7:07 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls has been placed on leave, according to Ketchikan City Manager Delilah Walsh.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 4:25 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Seward police arrested a man after he drove his Chevrolet pickup truck into Resurrection Bay while his three daughters and a loaded rifle were in the vehicle.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 9:43 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage police have responded to a Northeast Anchorage neighborhood with crisis negotiators and a SWAT team.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 11:51 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A grand jury on Thursday returned an indictment for Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls for six charges including felony third-degree assault.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2022 at 10:45 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who Anchorage police say stole mail from more than 90 people.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 9:50 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A U.S. Army officer’s wife who previously lived in Bethel has finally been granted a status adjustment to allow for her lawful permanent residency in the United States after an eight-year-long battle working toward American citizenship.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 7:26 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
The city of Palmer declared a local disaster on Dec. 23 due to drifts from the feet of snow that fell in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 12:22 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Investigators alleged that multiple women were trained to carry heroin in their body cavities as part of the drug ring.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 12:07 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage police have identified the victim in a deadly crash that shut the Seward Highway down for hours on Wednesday.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 12:31 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage police say they have arrested and charged two men involved in an altercation outside a bar that left one man dead.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 12:24 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
The delay for the Sullivan Arena mass congregate shelter to increase capacity has ended after some confusion between Mayor Dave Bronson and the Anchorage Assembly.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 2:20 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Another person has died in the custody of the Department of Corrections, increasing the record-high number of inmate deaths over the last 20 years for which the department has records.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 7:10 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Dozens of Southeast Alaska residents have been stranded in Juneau after their expected Alaska Marine Highway System ferry departure was delayed for days.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 9:35 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has named a new acting municipal manager.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 8:32 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage police say they are investigating a homicide on Copperbush Court in the Taku/Campbell neighborhood.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2022 at 3:03 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced in a press release that he has named John Boyle to serve as the new Department of Natural Resources commissioner.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 9:46 PM AKST
|By Paul Choate and Tim Rockey
A commercial vehicle crash has closed the Parks Highway north of Trapper Creek and Alaska State Troopers say the closure is expected to last several hours.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 4:49 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A Wasilla man died in a single-vehicle crash on Friday morning.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2022 at 2:10 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Moderate avalanche danger has been forecasted at elevations above 2,500 feet in Southcentral Alaska.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 12:31 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A Kodiak man was arrested on Tuesday after a suspicious package containing more than a half-million dollars worth of illegal drugs was sent to him, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation said.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 3:11 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
An Anvik man has been charged in the killing of a person on Monday.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 2:31 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A man is presumed dead after a ship ran aground near Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Justice Peter Maassen has been selected to serve as Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 6:49 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
An Anchorage man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison following an attempted murder at an assisted living facility in 2019.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 12:21 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A woman died after a boat capsized near Sitka on Sunday morning.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 12:04 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Juneau police arrested a man on Thanksgiving in connection to a suspicious death from September.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2022 at 9:51 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Anchorage police have closed the northbound lanes of Muldoon Road at the intersection with East Sixth Avenue to investigate a hit-and-run collision with injuries.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:02 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
West High School Acting Principal Jason Dorris reported to families in an email that a weapon was confiscated from a student Wednesday morning.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:01 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey, Georgina Fernandez and Luke Patrick
After over three months of bus driver shortages, the Anchorage School District will dissolve the bussing cohort system and return to fully-staffed bus service beginning Dec. 5.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 11:28 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
The second of a pair of brothers from Anchorage has been sentenced for drug trafficking and a kidnapping that occurred in 2017.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 9:59 AM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A ship docked at the Port of Alaska experienced an engine backfire on Friday night, creating a loud boom and brief billowing smoke.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 5:16 PM AKST
|By Joe Bartosik and Tim Rockey
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory on Sunday for freezing rain that is expected to fall from the Susitna Valley to the Western Kenai Peninsula.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 4:53 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
Two Selawik fishers that had left the Northwest Arctic Borough community to check fishing nets three days ago have been found by good Samaritans flying near Noorvik.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 1:33 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
A man died after falling through ice near the Southwest Alaska village of Napakiak, troopers say.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 12:46 PM AKST
|By Tim Rockey
The Department of Corrections announced that another incarcerated person has died in their custody this year, becoming the 17th in 2022.
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