The sentencing of an Oregon woman who was formerly the Skagway Traditional COuncil’s Tribal Administer was sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $300,000 from the federally recognized tribal organization, it was announced by U.S. Attorney Bryan Shroder on Monday. 64-year-old Delia Commander, of Oregon, who formerly worked for the organization, had previously pleaded guilty […]
Alaska’s commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development, Chris Hladick, has been tapped by EPA Administrator Scott Pruit to head up the Region 10 of the EPA to oversee Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, it was announced on Tuesday. Hladick will step down from his current position in Alaska on November 1 […]
37-year-old Kenai man, Richard Paul Morrison, who was convicted of Meth distribution and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison, it was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder on Wednesday. Morrison, who had previously been convicted of forgery in Oregon in 2000, […]
An Oregon man wanted in Alaska was extradited back to Alaska from St. Helens, Oregon last Friday, AST reported today. 29-year-old Blake Jepson was brought back to the state following a Palmer Grand Jury handing down a “True Bill” on charges of Sexual Assault I in an incident that occurred in late March. Immediately after, […]