March 30, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Yesterday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge William Morse sentenced 59-year-old Allen Hiratsuka to 16 years with three years suspended and 13 years to serve for the crime of sexual assault in the second degree. Hiratsuka …
March 24, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – The state of Alaska filed to intervene yesterday and today in lawsuits that challenge the recent federal approval of the Willow Project, an oil development, estimated to produce more than 600 million barrels over 30 years …
March 24, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Former Alaska State Trooper Vance Peronto was convicted today of one count of attempted abuse of a minor in the second degree. The trial lasted a little over two weeks, and the jury deliberated for approximately two and …
March 23, 2023 (Kenai, AK) – Superior Court Judge Eric B. Smith found David Simmons guilty of five counts of violating an order to submit to DNA testing after hearing evidence at a court trial conducted on March 22, 2023. Under AS 44.41.035, persons …
March 23, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor today announced a settlement with Bellissima Cosmetics. Bellissima’s salespeople personally solicited consumers to purchase expensive cosmetic products at the Alaska State Fair, yet …
March 21, 2023 (Palmer, AK) – A Palmer jury spent 10 days in reviewing evidence before deciding that Clayton Phillip Allison, 39, was guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of his daughter, 15-month-old Jocelynn Renee Allison. The jury …
March 15, 2023 (Palmer, AK) – Monday, a Palmer jury convicted Gavin Sullivan Christiansen, 41, of murder in the second degree, manslaughter, and misconduct involving weapons in the second degree, among other charges, related to a vehicle chase after a …
March 17, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Department of Law has received several inquiries from reporters and citizens on what’s become known as the mifepristone Walgreens’ letter. The following is an effort to provide clarity on what Alaska law is, …
March 15, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued its decision on a Federal Subsistence Board appeal today, in which the State of Alaska challenged the Board’s authority to open an emergency hunting season near Kake …
March 13, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – In response to a motion to supplement the record, the United States District Court has found that the Department of the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) should have considered additional mapping that was available in …
February 16, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with 23 other states, asking a federal court to vacate and declare …
February 22, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, 25-year-old Eric Lee was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Catherine Easter to serve seven years in prison for the attempted murder of Austin Cottrell. Lee pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted …
February 14, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a coalition of 24 states led by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in filing a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Bureau of Alcohol, …
February 16, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska filed a complaint yesterday against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) asking a U.S. District Court to vacate the critical habitat designations for ringed and bearded seals. The area …
February 15, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, 24-year-old Yurel Nichols was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna to serve 35 years in prison for the first-degree murder of Paula Zorawski. Nichols pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on …
February 15, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, 22-year-old Denali Brehmer pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson accepted Brehmer’s guilty plea. The charges stem from the June 2, 2019, murder of 19-year- …
January 27, 2023 Ketchikan District Attorney Alex Kramarczuk (Anchorage, AK) – Assistant District Attorney Alex Kramarczuk was appointed Ketchikan District Attorney this week. Kramarczuk has served the community of Ketchikan as an Assistant District …
January 30, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 24 states in a lawsuit against the Biden Administration to stop a new U.S. Department of Labor rule that pushes ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing, which may …
January 26, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a 20-state coalition that is suing the Biden Administration over a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that unlawfully creates a pathway to citizenship for hundreds …
January 25, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – In a reversal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service issued a final repeal of the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule. The move reinstates the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule on the Tongass National Forest, …
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