The Justice Department had alleged that GCI knowingly inflated its prices to get federal subsidies for its services in rural areas.
Crime & Courts
Trial underway for Washington man accused of killing Ketchikan surgeon
A day after Garcia was found dead, police say money started to leak out of his bank account.
Perjury charge for retired Homer judge signals a victory for grand jury activists in Alaska
The case against Margaret Murphy could signal that an activist group has successfully influenced the way Alaska’s grand jury system works.
Delta Junction couple faces federal charges for allegedly bilking ‘Bud and Breakfast’ investors
The FBI investigators say the couple used false and fraudulent claims to get 22 people to invest more than $700,000 in a “marijuana theme park.”
When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence
At least 6,182 people died in state and federal prisons in 2020, a 46% jump from the previous year, according to the UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project.
Federal commission hears from Alaskans on high rate of missing and murdered Indigenous people
Several advocates told the commission that it’s hard to make federal programs work in rural Alaska, especially for small tribes.
Family says untreated pain, solitary confinement led to man’s suicide at Lemon Creek
Cook is the third person to die in Alaska Department of Corrections custody this year. And his death fits a pattern.
Former Alaska legislator sues Alaska Airlines over mask-related ban
Reinbold says in her complaint that the airline violated her constitutional rights and caused her stress and humiliation.
Marijuana charges are leaving CourtView. A new bill would pull them from background checks, too
Employers and landlords can easily access CourtView to make decisions about applicants.
Elderly Alaska couple scammed out of $1.2M in alleged cryptocurrency ‘money laundering pipeline’
The scammers told the victims they needed to transfer their retirement savings into what they were told was a government account to keep them safe.