Jude Pate is also the first justice to come from Southeast Alaska since 2013.
Crime & Courts
Juneau womanʼs stolen regalia has been returned anonymously
More than two weeks after Neilga Koogéi Taija Revels’s regalia was stolen from her Juneau home, she says it’s been returned anonymously by someone who refused the reward she offered.
Attorneys to offer free legal counsel on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This is the first year services will be offered in-person since the pandemic began. Events will be held in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and — for the first time this year — Bethel.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy appoints two new judges to Anchorage Superior Court
The two new judges will fill seats opened by the impending retirements of Erin Marston and Eric Aarseth.
After suspect’s arrest, Juneau woman is still hopeful her regalia will come home
Neilga Koogéi Taija Revels says the stolen regalia is an important piece of Hoonah’s history — and one of the few things she had left from her grandmother.
Indicted Ketchikan police chief placed on administrative leave
Prosecutors say Walls slammed a man against a stone wall and held him in a chokehold after the man stumbled into Walls’ wife’s chair.
Ketchikan police chief left man bloodied after fishing resort brawl, indictment says
Jeff Walls was indicted in the alleged felony assault on Thursday.
Juneau woman searches for stolen regalia, made by her grandmother
She hopes someone will recognize the regalia or come forward to Juneau police if they know anything.
Ketchikan police chief charged with felony assault
The most serious charge is third-degree assault — injuring someone with a dangerous instrument.
Oath Keepers seek to overthrow government, judge says, but First Amendment protects Eastman
The Wasilla Republican had been accused of violating the Alaska Constitution’s disloyalty clause with his Oath Keepers membership.