Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Central Council) has welcomed Debra O’Gara as the new presiding judge for the Tribal Court. Prior to assuming her new position, O’Gara served as the Tribal Court chief justice (2012-2015) and magistrate (2007-2010) where she presided over child support cases. As presiding judge, O’Gara […]
Citations have been issued, and an investigation initiated into an assault incident aboard a fishing vessel near St. Paul that occurred on Tuesday. Alaska Wildlife Officers issued citations to three crewmembers aboard the F/V Katie Ann, fishing in the in the Bering Sea. 20-year-old Tyler Wootan, 20-year-old Douglas Moimoi, and 18-year-old Sunia Moimoi were cited […]
A former resident of Ketchikan has pled guilty to Lacy Act violations in connection to illegally purchased halibut in 2012 and 2013. It was announced by United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler this week that a former resident of Ketchikan, Donald Ray Thornlow, pled guilty to ” commercially purchasing halibut that was caught for subsistence […]
The trooper dispatch reported on Tuesday that after a week-long trial, defendant, 52-year-old Anthony Gilliam, was found guilty on 22 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and three counts of Coercion by a jury in the Palmer Court House. The case began in November of 2013, when a then 23-year-old female and her 22-year-old […]