(Fairbanks, AK) – Thursday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Earl Peterson sentenced 37-year-old Wesley Cruikshank to 40 years imprisonment for the murder of 43-year-old Ashton Gasper-Scavette in 2023. On June 16, 2023, Gasper-Scavette and his girlfriend picked Cruikshank up from a Fairbanks restaurant after he had recently been released from jail and drove him to their […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rep. Mia Costello (R-Anchorage) announced that she is stepping down from her role as Minority Leader of the House Republican Caucus, effective today. She will continue to serve her constituents in House District 15. The representative said the decision comes after careful consideration of her district and the dynamics of the Republican […]
BETHEL, Alaska – Bethel is 56 miles from the mouth of the Kuskokwim River and the adjoining salt water of the Kuskokwim Bay and the Bering Sea. The Western Alaska hub city is 1,136 miles from the small but crucial Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility at Ketchikan and is 1,762 miles from Naval Air Station Whidbey […]
Alito’s order came in response to a ruling from a federal court in Texas on Tuesday, which blocked the new congressional maps on the basis that they were “racially gerrymandered.” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday temporarily restored a controversial Trump-backed Texas redistricting plan that could grant Republicans an extra five seats in the House of Representatives. Alito’s order came in response to a […]