This Day in Alaska History-January 5th, 1985
Anchorage Man Indicted on Eight Counts of Producing Child Pornography
ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging an Anchorage man with eight counts of sexual exploitation of a child – production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. According to court documents, between July 2018 and August 2021, Michael Vernon Ross, 31, allegedly used and coerced […]
State Defends Rights-of-Way in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
(Anchorage, AK) – This week, the State of Alaska advanced Governor Mike Dunleavy’s statehood defense effort by filing a 180-day legal notice of its intent to sue the federal government over 10 State-owned rights-of-way within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Once filed, this quiet title litigation will focus on an efficient approach toward confirming […]
State Calls Out Federal Government’s Failure to Follow Congressional Directives on Contaminated ANCSA Lands
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska continues to hold the federal government accountable for failing to clean up contaminated lands transferred to Alaska Natives as part of the 1971 Alaska Claims Settlement Act. On Nov. 23, the State filed an amended complaint (207KB PDF) with U.S. District Court in Alaska after the federal defendants misconstrued congressional directives […]