The ACLU lawsuit alleges violations of state and federal civil rights protections stemming from mishandled police investigations of sexual assaults of Alaska Native women.
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Murkowski, Alaska Native leaders urge federal action on missing and murdered Indigenous women
Alaska Native leaders and justice advocates packed a Senate hearing room for an update on what Congress and the Trump administration are doing to address the MMIW issue.
Sex abuse victim advocates say Anchorage Archdiocese report leaves questions unanswered
The report lists 14 employees of the Archdiocese of Anchorage, 13 of whom it says engaged in sexual misconduct with minors or vulnerable adults, and one who was caught viewing child pornography.
‘It’s never, ever been your fault’: Alaska bishop offers apology in wake of report on sexual abuse
An Alaska bishop offered a series of apologies in the wake of a review that disclosed reports of sexual misconduct by 14 men who worked for the Archdiocese of Anchorage.
Former Johnson Youth Center superintendent sentenced for child porn
Dennis Weston worked in Juneau from 2005 through 2012 before moving to Anchorage’s McLaughlin Youth Center.
A former KDLG reporter shares her experience after finding a camera in her room
This summer, former KDLG reporter Sage Smiley was staying with the station’s community advisory board chairperson and her husband. In July, Smiley found a camera in the room she was staying in.
‘Savanna’s Act’ advances in US Senate; aimed at mending police response to violence against Native women
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says collecting data is key.
Alaska’s senators want Congress to renew Violence Against Women Act, but bill has become partisan football
The law is an array of programs and policies that Congress first passed in 1994 and has renewed about every five years. But the most recent version has expired,
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to get new domestic violence shelter in Hooper Bay
The community has never had a domestic violence shelter.
Senate passes bill with funds to address missing and murdered indigenous women
A Senate-approved spending bill would direct the Bureau of Indian Affairs to coordinate with law enforcement agencies and develop guidelines for data collection.