(Kotzebue, AK) Monday, Utqiagvik Superior Court Judge David Roghair sentenced 39-year-old Austin Swan and 31-year-old Brandon Swan, both of Kivalina, after both men were convicted of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and Attempted Sexual Assault in the First Degree. Austin Swan was sentenced to serve 55 years and 228 days of incarceration, and […]
(Kodiak, AK) – Monday, a Kodiak jury found Hilarion Soriano Jr., 43, guilty of one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. The jury deliberated for a day and a half after a two-week trial. The conviction stemmed from an incident that occurred in Kodiak around 2017, when Soriano engaged in sexual […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined 27 colleagues in calling for the immediate implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act to provide full Social Security benefits for thousands of Alaskan public servants impacted by Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). The Social Security Fairness Act, which fully repeals the […]
“We are in the midst of a constitutional crisis right now,” said one legal expert. “We never have seen anything like this.” The Trump administration’s defiance of court orders that threaten to hamper the president and unelected billionaire Elon Musk’s assault on federal agencies and basic rights has legal experts and other observers warning of a perilous […]