Crime & Courts

There will be no trial as long as Steve Kroschel remains overseas, the judge said at a hearing last week.

More than eight years after 19-year-old Kake resident Jade Williams was killed at a party, a man has been sentenced for causing her death.

Political compromise isn’t a reason to restrict free speech, Judge Adolf Zeman says in Thursday ruling.

Like other U.S. nationals who are not full U.S. citizens, Tupe Smith of Whittier thought she could vote in local elections but not presidential elections. A key argument in her case is whether she intentionally submitted false voter registration forms.

Dozens of other state residents may also be unknowingly affected by a problem at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

City Attorney Emily Wright said, as it stands legally, nothing is holding the city back from continuing with demolition before the trial is scheduled to begin next August.

Alaska State Troopers said in a bulletin Monday that Dr. Ryan McDonough died in a weekend fire at his home in Wasilla. 

In a news release, the U.S. Attorney’s office says 50-year-old Miller had no legal justification for the violent arrest. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Woodruff illegally used his police dog to bite the man when he did not pose a threat.

Three months after a trial against a former Juneau chiropractor accused of sexual assault ended in mistrial, the new public defense team is asking for more time to review the case before a second trial.

A memo by the borough’s manager says the fire department’s actions do not require the agency’s leaders to be fired.