A subcommittee of the Juneau Assembly will recommend a month-long search process for a new City Attorney when the full Assembly meets as Committee of the Whole on Monday.
Public Safety
Alaska Supreme Court rejects fetal personhood initiative
Alaska’s high court rules that an initiative stating that the right to life starts at conception would violate Roe v. Wade and the state constitution.
Update: Trooper arrest investigated after YouTube post
A video recording that went viral earlier this week has prompted an internal investigation by the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
Designer drug 25i circulating in Juneau
Seven Juneau youth reported taking the hallucinogen, including two who were hospitalized for overdoses
Ryan West sentenced for fatal accident
Total of 12 years in prison with 3 years suspended for Glacier Highway crash, earlier incident
Ketchikan teen chosen to lead state Youth Court
During a recent United Youth Courts of Alaska meeting in Homer, members elected a Ketchikan teenager as the new youth president for the statewide organization.
Mental health court starting up in Juneau
Non-adversarial program is based on the Therapeuitc Court model
After quiet change to state rules, an unintended parking holiday in many cities
Juneau is just one of many cities across the state that lets the courts handle parking ticket appeals. But as of this month, the court system won’t bother with any case where an officer stuck a ticket under someone’s windshield wiper. They offered their interpretation of the statute in a rules order that went into effect April 15.
City of Hoonah responds to lawsuit filed by officer’s widow
Convicted murderer John Marvin, Jr. included as co-defendant
Alleged Court Plaza Building burglar caught, suicide reported at Auke Rec
Juneau Police issue statements on two separate incidents on Tuesday and Saturday