2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (262+ words) The Alaska Legislature will join Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration in seeking to defend the state’s anti-bootlegging punishments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the joint House-Senate Legislative Council voted to hire an outside attorney to draft…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (880+ words) Three Anchorage police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an armed man in East Anchorage earlier this year will not face criminal charges after state prosecutors found the shooting to be justified. The Alaska Department of Law’s Office of…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1063+ words) Some community members say a recently released audit of the Anchorage Police Department’s use of force highlights the need for civilian oversight of the department. Anchorage’s municipal attorney last week released a sweeping audit of the department’s practices and policies…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (402+ words) This was not just confusing for the defendants. Testimony in House Judiciary in May 2025 showed that, as recently as 2022, the Division of Elections itself did not understand the prohibition on American Samoans voting in local elections. Alaska has the second-highest…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (643+ words) A three-judge panel of the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled Friday that state prosecutors misled grand jurors who indicted a Whittier resident accused of voting illegally. Had jurors received accurate information, the court said, “the grand jury likely would have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (632+ words) The state council that vets Alaska judges is recommending against retaining two judges in the November election. It’s the first time in 12 years that the Alaska Judicial Council has recommended Alaskans vote “no” on retaining a judge. The council on Wednesday…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (175+ words) I read the Aug. 12 Anchorage Daily News story by Chris Aadland, “In rare verdict, Anchorage man found guilty but mentally ill in 2015 stabbing of his parents.” As a former patient at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, here is what I got…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1077+ words) Alaska’s top public defender has resigned after a defendant in a case he oversaw as a judge in Bethel raised accusations of bias due to personal dynamics between him, his law clerk and the defendant’s attorney at the time. Haas…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (802+ words) A man convicted of killing his North Pole roommate will spend nearly 30 years in prison in a ongoing interstate homicide case that involves accusations of stolen identity and another man’s death in Oregon. Aaron Mitchell Hague was convicted earlier this…...

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (475+ words) A 52-year-old Anchorage man was convicted last week of multiple felonies after the near-fatal stabbing of his parents inside their Fairview home more than a decade ago. An Anchorage Superior Court jury on Friday handed down guilty but mentally ill…...