(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday the State of Alaska filed a motion (489KB PDF) for summary judgment asking the U.S. District Court in Alaska to reject claims brought by the federal government that would strip Alaska of its right to manage fisheries on the Kuskokwim River. The Biden Administration’s Department of Justice filed suit against the State […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On Wednesday, Judge Amy Welch sentenced 31-year-old Kelly Sweetsir of Fairbanks to 45 years imprisonment for murdering his estranged girlfriend in August of 2019. Judge Welch also imposed an additional fifteen years of suspended time that Mr. Sweetsir could potentially serve should he ever be released and violate the terms of his probation. […]
(Big Lake, AK) – Senate Bill 87, sponsored by Senator Jesse Bjorkman (R-Nikiski), was signed into law Wednesday. The bill creates a local lumber grading program for Alaska sawmill operators to become certified to grade and sell certain types of dimensional lumber that they have produced for residential construction. “Local lumber grading in Alaska will […]
ANCHORAGE — Thursday, the ACLU of Alaska and the law firm of Friedman Rubin filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) on behalf of the family of James Rider, one of the 18 people who died while incarcerated in 2022. In addition, attorney Vance Sanders is filing a similar suit […]