This Day in Alaskan History-March 3rd, 1913
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Cooper Gordon, of Anchorage, Sentenced to 56 Years for Murder of Terry Spencer in the Mat-Su Borough
(Palmer, AK) – Cooper Gordon, 44, was sentenced to a composite sentence of 56 years in prison for the murder of 32-year-old Terry Spencer in 2019. A Palmer jury convicted Gordon last September of Murder in the Second Degree for killing Spencer. Gordon was also convicted of Theft in the Second Degree for taking Spencer’s belongings […]
Navigability Fight Over Fortymile River Heads to Trial
(Anchorage, AK) – On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason rejected the United States’ efforts to restrict the application of well-established federal law in determining whether the State of Alaska is the rightful owner of submerged lands below the upper North Fork of the Fortymile River. The Fortymile River is 180 miles east of […]
Anchorage Woman, Marque, Sentenced to 50 Years for Murder of Her 5-Year-Old Son
(Anchorage, AK) – Marley Marque, 32, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced Thursday for the 2020 murder of her 5-year-old son Jobe Christensen. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren sentenced Marque to 80 years with 30 years suspended and 50 years to serve for the Nov. 20, 2020 murder. Judge Ramgren also sentenced Marque to an additional […]