State lawmakers have been considering broader legislation intended to help people convicted before legalization.
Crime & Courts
20 pounds of meth, hidden in tortillas on a state ferry, seized by law enforcement in Southeast Alaska
It’s become somewhat rare to see busts aboard state ferries. Many recent busts have been tied to air travel or the mail.
Weddings are resuming at Alaska courthouses — here’s how to get married in Alaska
Whether you go to a courthouse or not, getting married in Alaska can be an easy process, and anyone can conduct the ceremony.
Fairbanks man gets 24 years for Pleasant Valley and Two Rivers arson attacks
Nineteen-year-old Jamison Gallion admitted to setting fire to seven properties, including two structures with people inside.
Alaska public defender shortage will grow worse without action, budget documents indicate
The shortage has already caused public defenders to begin refusing cases in Nome and Bethel.
Retiring from the high court, Alaska’s chief justice defends its system of selecting judges
Members of the Senate’s coalition majority say they don’t expect changes to the system before the 2024 election, but others aren’t sure.
Federal charges for Halibut Cove woman accused of driving boat at floatplane
The plane’s pilot said he was taking a group on a sightseeing tour of Katmai National Park when Beck’s boat headed straight at him.
Disgraced former Anchorage health director accused of defrauding state militia
Former Anchorage Health Director Joe Gerace has been charged with one civil count of fraudulent misrepresentation.
Dunleavy picks Sitka judge for Supreme Court, first justice in decades from small-town Alaska
Jude Pate is also the first justice to come from Southeast Alaska since 2013.
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.