It was on this day, March 14th, 1917, that a petition for an “Old Lady’s Home” in Skagway was mailed to the Territorial Legislature in Juneau after gaining 354 signatures. While there was great enthusiasm from the people of Skagway for the home, that enthusiasm was not duplicated in the capitol and the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Three Southeast Alaska fishermen were charged through separate criminal information filings last month with allegedly intentionally sinking their respective fishing boats in waters near Sitka and Petersburg, Alaska. Federal law prohibits the deliberate sinking of a vessel that obstructs navigable waters. According to court documents filed relating to three separate incidents, […]
(Juneau, AK) – On Friday, February 20, 2026, Juneau Superior Court Judge Amy Mead sentenced 41-year-old Erica Totland to 14 years with 7 years suspended for Manslaughter, Assault in the Third Degree, and Driving Under the Influence. Totland will be on probation for 5 years upon her release from incarceration. In 2025 Totland pled guilty […]
(Juneau, AK) – Thursday, Corey Nashoanak, 42, was sentenced on one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Third Degree. Nashoanak was previously convicted based on an incident from approximately April 2019, in which Nashoanak engaged in sexual contact with the 13-year-old daughter of a woman that he was in a relationship […]