This Day in Alaska History-November 8th, 1955
Palmer Jury Convicts Curtis Malcuit of Assault for Strangling Girlfriend
(Palmer, AK) – Wednesday, at the conclusion of a two-week jury trial, a Palmer jury convicted Curtis L. Malcuit, 53, of multiple counts of Second-Degree Assault, one count of Third-Degree Assault, and multiple counts of Fourth-Degree Assault. Malcuit was acquitted of other counts of assault and sexual assault. Malcuit strangled a former girlfriend on multiple […]
Veterans Day ceremony at JBER canceled
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Department of Military & Veterans Affairs annual Veterans Day ceremony, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 11 in the Alaska National Guard armory on JBER, has been canceled due to a lapse in appropriations and inability to host public events on base resulting from the government shutdown. Maj. Gen. […]
‘Mega-Layoffs’ Under Trump as Corporations Have Cut 1 Million Jobs This Year—Most Since 2003
“Trump put billionaires in charge of everything,” said progressive Congressman Greg Casar. “It’s a disaster.” The US labor market, which in recent months had ground nearly to a halt, now appears to be entering a downward spiral. As reported by the Washington Post on Thursday, new data from corporate outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that employers in October announced 153,000 job […]