“We’re 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the United States of America, and Republicans are launching an impeachment drive based on a long-debunked and discredited lie,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin. With a government shutdown just two days away, the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee on Thursday launched its first hearing as part of […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Nicholas J. Hunnicutt, a former Chief of Police for the village of Saint Paul on Saint Paul Island, was convicted by a jury Tuesday of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. The abuse occurred in 2015 on the Island of St. Paul and involved a 14-year-old minor who was […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced 41-year-old Troy Lyle Smith for Domestic Violence Strangulation and Fear Assault that occurred on January 3, 2021, and for Escape in the Third Degree committed while on conditions of release in this case in August 2022. Judge McKenna sentenced Smith to serve eight years […]
Wednesday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led an oversight hearing titled, “Water as a Trust Resource: Examining Access in Native Communities.” The hearing follows historic investments made by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act […]