(Fairbanks, AK) – Wednesday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Kirk Schwalm sentenced 34-year-old Devin Wright, Sr. to 82 years imprisonment for convictions relating to the sexual abuse of a minor in 2021 and 2022. Wright was tried in March 2025 on allegations that he sexually abused the preteen granddaughter of his girlfriend over many months. The […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On January 13, 2026, Martin Hietala, 42, was sentenced to 34 years for the 2018 kidnapping and assault of a woman in a Fairbanks hotel room. On July 15, 2018, Mr. Hietala restrained victim J.B. in a Fairbanks hotel room and repeatedly strangled her, twice to unconsciousness, while he interrogated her about spying […]
(Fairbanks, AK) –On Jan. 9, 2026, Albert Nickoli pled guilty to Assault in the First Degree for allegations stemming from a June 2024 assault on Hillary Evans. On June 11, 2024, Nickoli contacted Ms. Evans at her home in Galena, Alaska, in violation of conditions imposed in another case. He repeatedly assaulted her over an […]
United States Files Disclaimer Confirming Alaska Ownership (Anchorage, AK) – Monday, the United States issued a Quiet Title Act Disclaimer and asked U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason to confirm what the State of Alaska has argued for the last seven years: The North Fork of the Fortymile River is navigable and the submerged lands […]