H.R. 42 and H.R. 43 Pass the U.S. Senate; headed to President’s Desk Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, along with U.S. Representative Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), applauded Senate passage of two important bills—H.R. 42, the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, and H.R. 43, the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Appropriations Committee, and Jack Reed (D-RI) in sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer, urging the Department of Labor (DOL) to reverse its decision to begin the closure of Job […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Within the last two weeks, prosecutors in the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office have secured convictions for three individuals charged with felony sex crimes against minors. Last week, Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Demitri Kalmakoff, 33, to serve thirty-seven (37) years with ten (10) years suspended to be followed by ten (10) years of […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Wednesday, a Fairbanks jury returned a guilty verdict against 36-year-old Wesley Cruikshank of Fairbanks for Murder in the Second Degree. The jury acquitted him of Murder in the First Degree. On June 16, 2023, the victim and his girlfriend picked the defendant up from a Fairbanks restaurant and drove him to their […]