Crime & Courts

Justice Peter Maassen wrote that the record from Alaska’s constitutional convention showed the importance the delegates placed on holding a joint session for votes on the governor’s appointments. 

Last week, an Anchorage woman went public on social media with an allegation of sexual assault, prompting others to share their stories. By week’s end, a group of Twitter accounts published a spreadsheet of names. The organizers say list they’re trying to bring some accountability to abusers in Alaska. Advocates and law enforcement say this type of vigilante justice may not be the best way to do that.

The name of the man who died will be released after next of kin are notified, she said. A suspect is in custody.

An anonymous, crowdsourced document known as the Alaska Abuser List is circulating on social media, accusing anyone named on it of abuse ranging from domestic violence to sexual assault.

Tribal president Joel Jackson says the all-clear has been issued and people are venturing outdoors again.

Phillip Weidner allegedly owes more than $2 million in back taxes, and the federal government wants to foreclose on a dozen of his properties to pay the debts, according to a lawsuit filed this week.

The woman’s name was Robin Pelkey, a 19-year-old originally from Colorado. Investigators identified her through extensive genealogy research.

Almost two dozen members of the Oath Keepers, which the FBI labels a paramilitary organization, have been charged in connection with the riotous invasion of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Bishop Mark Lattime said the action was prompted by the discovery of unmarked graves where Indigenous children were buried at Canadian boarding schools.

A tipster in July led investigators to Christian Matthew Manley, according to an Alabama-based FBI agent’s statement in the charges against him. It’s unclear why Manley was in Alaska at the time of his arrest.