Alaska law enforcement agencies conducted a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative focusing on the state’s most violent offenders. This two-week initiative, called Operation Sockeye, resulted in the arrest of 119 fugitives living in South-central Alaska. To have the greatest impact on violent crime, Operation Sockeye utilized the expertise of law enforcement partners to significantly impact our […]
JUNEAU – Wednesday, the Alaska State Legislature passed Senate Bill 76 by Senator Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau), which shortens the wait for private property owners to dispose of abandoned vehicles. Current law requires a person to live with an abandoned car in their driveway or on their lot for six months before starting the legal process […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard reminds mariners of a new law requiring recreational boats to use an engine cut-off switch (ECOS) and associated ECOS link (ECOSL). An ECOS is an emergency ignition cut-off device that shuts down the engine if the operator is ejected from the vessel or falls overboard. On April 1, 2021, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court issued an order in Dunleavy v. Alaska Legislative Council (S-18003), concluding that the governor’s appointments to executive branch boards and commissions that he presented last year to the Thirty-first Alaska Legislature remain in effect because of the legislature’s failure to act on them in joint session. The Court […]