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Alaska Supreme Court justices disagreed sharply on a case arising out of a collision between a truck and a cyclist in Sitka in July, 1997. Drug use or abuse was not considered to be a factor in the actual collision. Instead, the major issue focused on whether the cyclist had a history of drug use sometime before and immediately following the incident. Jurors apparently also disagreed with the court’s majority on the use of such evidence during the trial. Related Link: Into Liimatta v. Deborah Vest

This week, Pete Griffin has his annual list of corrections and clarifications.

The latest local, state, and regional news is compiled from reports from the KTOO newsroom, CoastAlaska stations, wire services, the Alaska Public Radio Network, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and can be heard as often as five times each morning during Morning Edition.

Another election map has been drawn up by the Alaska Redistricting Board. If it’s approved by the courts and goes unchallenged by plantiffs in the recent litigation over the last map, the new map could determine who will be running for election to the Legislature this fall.Related Link: Alaska Redistricting Board

The latest local, state, and regional news is compiled from reports from the KTOO newsroom, CoastAlaska stations, wire services, the Alaska Public Radio Network, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and can be heard as often as five times each morning during Morning Edition.

Commentator Mike Sica checks up on some high school spring sports teams and finds that they’re still trying to work around a persistant winter.