Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Susan Carney spoke to the Alaska Historical Society Conference held in Fairbanks ...
In a Juneau courtroom in January, a man calling in from Lemon Creek Correctional Center begged to go to trial. Phillip Drummer was charged with a domestic violence assault in December of 2023. The ...
The judges in the Alaska Court System, and especially in Anchorage, are acutely aware of the challenges faced by our criminal justice system, particularly the significant backlog of criminal cases and ...
Mar. 25—This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network. Alaska's Supreme Court has placed new limits on how long criminal cases can be postponed, part of an effort ...
Alaska’s current subsistence fishing program can continue without changes, according to a Wednesday opinion by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling allows the ...
Former Kodiak Superior Court judge Joel Bolger has been named chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, effective July 1. Bolger, who was appointed to the court in 2013 by then-Gov. Sean Parnell, ...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday proposed a constitutional amendment that would give future governors more latitude when picking judges for the Alaska Court System. If adopted by the Legislature, ...
A judge denied a group of homeschool parents' effort to dismiss the case, saying a Supreme Court ruling requires a closer ...
On May 2, in a unanimous decision, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the staff at the state-run Alaska Psychiatric Institute violated the constitutional rights of an Alaskan with mental illness when ...
A new documentary profiles two Alaska Native families as they seek justice for their murdered loved ones, diving into the generational trauma of families and communities grappling with violence, ...
State Attorney General Treg Taylor on Monday heard fiery testimony from a packed crowd during a town hall in Soldotna centering on investigative grand juries. The State Department of Law in July ...