Jonson Kuhn
Investigative Reporter
Jonson Kuhn joined Alaska’s News Source as an Investigative Reporter in April, 2024.
Originally from Colorado, he has spent the majority of his journalism career in newspapers, having worked with the Juneau Empire, the Boulder Daily Camera, and most recently the Aspen Times.
Jonson earned his BA in English from the University of Colorado in Denver. Making the transition to broadcasting from print was quite a leap but he’s excited for the opportunity and couldn’t be happier to be on the team and back in Alaska.
When he’s not busy chasing down investigative leads around town, you can often find him cheering on either the Denver Nuggets, Broncos, Colorado Rockies or Avalanche, depending on the time of year…and how well they did throughout the season.
One man is dead and another faces charges after an early morning rollover crash on the Seward Highway Saturday.
Some south Anchorage residents are fiercely pushing back against a LaFrance administration proposal that includes potentially designating an area off 104th Avenue and C Street an overnight homeless parking site the administration argues would better support people sleeping in their cars, known as vehicular homelessness.
A suspended Anchorage defense attorney being accused of working with a Mexican drug cartel will remain detained after a scheduled detention hearing on Thursday.
With a new $250-$500 million training center set to break ground on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in July, Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan said he expects the “state-of-the-art” facility will increase the Air Force’s training capabilities.
Sen. Dan Sullivan sat down with Alaska's News Source Tuesday to speak on a variety of topics, including a proposed missile defense system in President Trump’s so-called “One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”
The fiancée of a Wasilla man whose body was found Thursday after breaking through ice while riding an ATV said while the news is bittersweet, it does bring the family a bit of closure.
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said the decision for the municipality to enter into a $2.11 million settlement with the family of 16-year-old Easter Leafa was made in the community’s best interest following the August 2024 fatal officer-involved shooting.
Messages detailed in federal court documents show suspended Anchorage defense attorney Justin Facey, who pled not guilty Thursday to drug trafficking and firearm charges, boasting to various members of Anchorage’s legal community a drug cartel had retained his firm for their Alaska needs.
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case showed still images from a fatal officer-involved shooting in Mountain View on May 12 that he said confirms the suspect shot had a gun in his lap.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety held its annual Peace Officer Memorial Day ceremony Tuesday outside of the Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Lab in Anchorage to honor the 69 officers who have died in the line of duty in Alaska.
The chief operating officer for ANSEP — the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program — said she suspects the unexpected loss of a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant has to do with a Trump administration executive order.
Lots of people take advantage of the summer months for moving, but according to the Better Business Bureau, it’s for that reason people should especially be on the lookout for scams.
A preliminary report released Wednesday on the deadly plane crash in Nanwalek last month confirmed that a loose dog likely contributed to the crash of the Cessna 207 that was carrying three people.
A man facing murder charges for what prosecutors say was his involvement in a Wasilla teen’s death appeared in a Palmer courtroom on Tuesday for his arraignment after a preliminary hearing was vacated on Monday.
A rally was held at the Palmer Courthouse to raise awareness of a recent case involving a man who provided fentanyl to a 16-year-old girl, resulting in her death.
Video released by APD on Friday shows the moment police first encounter Puipuia Alaelua in a second floor hotel room. It’s at this point he took a woman and her four children hostage inside the room before slamming the door shut on the officers.
A full academy in years and no need for a civilian oversight committee were top of mind during Alaska’s News Source’s interview with Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case, who was sworn into his role roughly a year ago on July 1, 2024.
Daemon Hill, 24, has been arrested in connection with the 2021 homicide case of 18-year-old Katelynn Shelhamer.
American Samoan family members who all live in Whittier heard voter misconduct charges against them Friday morning in an Anchorage courtroom.
The state’s ankle monitor system, which uses GPS technology to track criminal defendants prior to trial, is only meant to deter not prevent crime, Department of Corrections leaders told Alaska’s News Source Investigates.
In an update on the case of a teenager who was found dead on a powerline trail in Wasilla on Nov. 15, 2024, Alaska State Troopers arrested a Wasilla man on murder charges Wednesday.
After expressing public safety concerns, nine rural Alaska public radio stations are now back on track to receive federal grants to pay over a million dollars in emergency warning system upgrades, after FEMA announced a funding hold had been lifted.
Four years after Bryan McGee hit and killed Chase Bowerson on the Glenn Highway, after prosecutors say McGee kicked Browerson, 26, out of his car in frigid temperatures as they fought over money following a night of drinking, an Anchorage judge sentenced the 29-year-old Friday to 2.5 years.
The Fairbanks active-duty soldier arrested and charged with murder, while out on bail earlier this month, appeared virtually from jail for a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
As leaders from a newly formed group of dozens of central and southeast Alaska dads speak out against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s education funding veto last week, some supporters of the veto say it was a necessary step toward improving students’ education.
Education staff, school board members, and parents of students from Fairbanks to Anchorage are reacting to the governor's veto announced Thursday morning to an education bill that would provide a sizeable boost to the state's per-student funding formula.
More than $807 million in Port of Alaska cargo terminal upgrades were approved Wednesday by Anchorage Assembly members, after Anchorage’s mayor dismissed a rejected bidder’s “serious concerns” about the process.
The federal government revoked the visas of four people affiliated with the University of Alaska Anchorage, according to UA President Pat Pitney.
After five days of deliberation, a mistrial was declared in the case involving a man who was behind the wheel of a truck that plunged hundreds of feet down a cliff near the community of Unalaska in 2019, killing two teen girls.
As jury deliberations carried into a fourth day in the case of a 2019 deadly Unalaska truck crash, family members of the two teens killed shared their memories with Alaska’s News Source.
24-year-old Dustin Ruckman is facing two counts of criminally negligent homicide for a May 2019 crash in which prosecutors say he lost control of his truck while driving up Unalaska’s Mount Ballyhoo, killing two teens inside the truck when it fell roughly 900 feet over the cliffside.
Ten members of an American Samoan family residing in Whittier, Alaska, have been charged with voter misconduct and perjury, among other charges.
House Bill 90 would require Alaska school districts to offer a financial literacy half-credit course for 9th through 12th grade students to graduate.
On May 7, REAL IDs will be required to board domestic flights as well as certain federal facilities. However, some Alaskans in rural communities are finding the path to obtain those IDs complicated and expensive.
As tourist season begins in Alaska, the Better Business Bureau is warning travelers to stay vigilant against fraudulent tour companies.
Budget cuts and vacancies remain at the top of the Anchorage School Board’s concerns as four candidates continue to campaign for two open board seats just one day before the election.
A woman accused of leading Alaska State Troopers on a high-speed pursuit Thursday Parks Highway in Wasilla was arraigned in a Palmer courthouse on Friday.
Referring to cuts by the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, under Elon Musk’s leadership as “difficult choices” necessary to keep government spending under control, Sen. Dan Sullivan faced tough questions from state lawmakers during his annual legislative address.
A Southeast Alaska fisherman was sentenced last week to six months in prison for violating the Lacey Act by falsifying records, as well as violating the Endangered Species Act by attempting to illegally “take” a sperm whale.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, called the recent firings of Alaska federal employees by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiencies “unlawful” during a nearly hour-long speech addressing to the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday.
A Wasilla resident who allegedly fired an assault rifle at a police car was shot and killed by law enforcement on Sunday evening, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Alaska’s working group, Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit, held a vigil on Friday at Hostetler Park to shine light on the tragic story of a 14-year-old San Carlos Apache teenager who was found dead in Arizona last month.
As the Alaska Volcano Observatory continues to monitor volcanic gas emissions from Mount Spurr, the uncertainty of what to expect can put a damper in travel plans, especially when it comes to air travel.
The controversial education funding bill to increase the base student allocation by $1,000 passed through the state House on Wednesday in a 24-16 vote. The bill now advances on to the state Senate.
A new bill currently being discussed within The Alaska State Legislature could possibly see an end to the use of Styrofoam statewide.
On Friday, an Anchorage superior court judge sentenced Tylan Lee-Kaulana Fely, 40, for the murders of his wife and 13-year-old daughter in November 2023.
John Patea, 26, is accused of shooting and killing 29-year-old Kikite Fatu inside her motorhome in the 5000 block of Mountain View Drive in Davis Park on Feb. 24.
Chugach Powder Guides’ permit reveals helicopter-skiing company’s responsibility, risk and liability
State records, Alaska’s News Source Investigates obtained, show Chugach Powder Guides’ permit for operating on state lands is in good standing.
With President Donald Trump telling members of Congress Tuesday new U.S. tariffs imposed on Mexico, Canada and China will mean “a little disturbance,” an Alaska economist used coffee as an example to say 49th state consumers should prepare to pay even higher than the Lower 48 because of Alaska’s historic difficulty importing items.
The difficulty of both importing diverse products and moving away from non-US produced goods, the chair of the University of Alaska - Anchorage’s economics department said, leaves Alaska “uniquely vulnerable” to 25% tariffs the Trump administration imposed.
