2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (663+ words) The state’s Department of Law announced the decision Friday, after a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled a week earlier that state law requires proof that defendants who erroneously filled out voter registration forms had a “consciousness of wrongdoing” and…...

11+ hour, 27+ min ago   (604+ words) FILE - Michael Pese and his wife Tupe Smith stand outside the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 15, 2026. The state’s Department of Law announced the decision Friday, after a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled a week earlier that state…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago   (749+ words) McKenna West has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a California parentage judgment that, according to her emergency application, led a Dallas judge to dismiss her from litigation over the infant she carried, escalating the multistate dispute over the child…...

9+ hour, 16+ min ago   (697+ words) Published Sep 12, 2026 4:13 pm: Updated Sep 12, 2026 7:17 pm The state’s Department of Law announced the decision Friday, after a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled a week earlier that state law requires proof that defendants who erroneously filled out voter registration forms…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (853+ words) Home » Alaska drops remaining Whittier voter misconduct cases after appeals court raises burden of proof Sept. 12, 2026 — The State of Alaska has dropped its remaining voter misconduct cases against nine American Samoan residents of Whittier, after the Alaska Court of Appeals…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (507+ words) McKenna West is a surrogate who refused to have an abortion and gave birth to a baby with a heart condition against the wishes of the biological parents She is seeking Supreme Court intervention after being dismissed from a custody…...

23+ hour, 13+ min ago   (337+ words) Peyton N. Eastman, 19, of Portsmouth (left) and Joshua D. Pittman, 18, of Dover (right), have been arrested for arson and other charges in connection with a fire that gutted historic Kimball Castle in Gilford last summer. Kimball Castle, the historic summer estate of…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (568+ words) A California couple's surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child, who was born with a serious heart defect. McKenna West filed the emergency…...

2+ day, 6+ 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, 7+ hour ago   (364+ words) Published 12:54 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 A Montrose man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his estranged wife will no longer face a jury when his case goes to trial. Donald James Danchella re-elected Wednesday, Sept. 9, to be tried by…...