ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. According to court documents, Peter Joseph Hickel Jr., 34, used social media to communicate with and attempt to meet an individual that he believed to be a 12-year-old girl […]
“I reckon the U.S. Supreme Court does not like millions of people being able to afford to make payments on their student loans,” said one journalist who had benefited from the SAVE program. Millions of student loan borrowers whose monthly payments had been reduced by U.S. President Joe Biden’s latest attempt to achieve debt relief […]
(Palmer, AK) – On July 30, 2024, after a five-day trial, a Palmer jury found 72-year-old John Barton guilty of one count of Perjury and two counts of Voter Misconduct in the First Degree. The convictions relate to a 2022 Matanuska-Susitna Borough election. Testimony at trial showed Barton went to two different polling places during […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday the State of Alaska filed suit in the United States Court of Federal Claims seeking to recover lost revenues from nine canceled federal oil and gas leases covering lands on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain. This suit continues the State’s efforts to hold the federal government accountable for the […]