The fight for local jurisdiction has led to the implementation of local courts as an alternative, at least in some cases, to the state’s criminal justice system.
Public Safety
Court allows Pebble v. EPA to proceed
While the case moves forward, the judge has ordered the EPA to do no work on the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, or the dredge and fill restrictions it had intended to finalize earlier this year.
Who was Simone Kim?
Relatives of the murdered painter begin opening up about the man behind a civil lawsuit.
Senate spokesperson arrested for DUI after LIO hit-and-run
Press secretary Carolyn Kuckertz, 38, has been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor.
Buck stops with former Juneau gun dealer
Rayco Sales owner Ray Coxe accepts responsibility for years of mistakes, but denies ever making an illegal firearms sale.
Trial underway in gun shop case
Plaintiffs allege that Rayco Sales owner Ray Coxe is liable for the murder of Simone Kim.
Court employees assigned two days unpaid leave
About 800 Alaska Court System employees will be forced to take two days unpaid leave around the holidays.
Court recordings highlight Nome judge’s alleged conduct violations
Nome Superior Court Judge Timothy Dooley is facing a host of allegations from a judicial oversight commission. The charges say that alleged violations of professional conduct, as well as violating sections of state law call his integrity into question.
Violent arrest by Bethel Police officer case settled, turned over to FBI
The City of Bethel has settled with Wassillie Gregory, a man who was violently arrested by a Bethel Police Officer in 2014.
Jury selection begins in Rayco lawsuit
A civil suit stemming from the murder of a worker at the Fred Meyer expansion project nine years ago is finally headed to trial.