(Ketchikan, AK) – Last week, a Ketchikan jury found Devon Guthrie, 22, guilty of two counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree. Evidence was presented during the trial that Guthrie engaged in sexual penetration with an extremely intoxicated 17-year-old victim without her consent in Jan. 2024. The victim had no memory of the assault, but […]
(Juneau, AK) – Friday, Juneau Superior Court Judge Amy Mead sentenced 45-year-old James White of Juneau to 75 years with 35 years suspended—40 years to serve—for the murder of 5 ½-week-old baby Kathy White on April 15, 2024. James pled guilty to Murder in the Second Degree in July as part of a plea agreement. The […]
(Juneau, AK) – Wednesday, 46-year-old Andre Lawrence was sentenced by Juneau Superior Court Judge Amy Mead for the murder of 23-year-old James Newman Jr. on July 6, 2023. Lawrence previously pled guilty to one count of Murder in the Second Degree. Pursuant to the agreement of the parties, Lawrence was sentenced to 60 years with […]
A new short film details ways that residents in Western Alaska are responding constructively to changes to their local environment. “Cumikluten (Pay Attention)” is a 36-minute documentary produced by POLARIS, an interdisciplinary project to identify sources of resilience in the rural Western Alaska communities of Chevak and Dillingham. The film follows local residents as they describe […]