(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 63-year-old Michael Clifford Weldon to serve 12 years for Felony Assault and Driving Under the Influence, following a guilty plea on Feb. 6, 2026. Weldon received a composite sentence of 15 years with 3 years suspended and 5 years of probation. On July 10, 2022, […]
(Klawock, AK) – On January 26, 2026, John James, of Prince of Wales, was sentenced to serve 7.5 years for Felony Assault, DUI, and Misconduct involving Weapons in the Fourth Degree, following his conviction at trial on Sept. 26, 2025. The allegations stemmed from a traffic accident near Klawock on Nov. 28, 2023. James swerved into […]
(St. Michael’s, AK) – On Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, Leroy James Kobuk, Jr., 30, was convicted by a Nome jury of Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, and three counts of Assault in the Third Degree. Testimony and evidence at the trial revealed that a night of drinking led to an argument […]