The shortage has already caused public defenders to begin refusing cases in Nome and Bethel.
Crime & Courts
Retiring from the high court, Alaska’s chief justice defends its system of selecting judges
Members of the Senate’s coalition majority say they don’t expect changes to the system before the 2024 election, but others aren’t sure.
Federal charges for Halibut Cove woman accused of driving boat at floatplane
The plane’s pilot said he was taking a group on a sightseeing tour of Katmai National Park when Beck’s boat headed straight at him.
Disgraced former Anchorage health director accused of defrauding state militia
Former Anchorage Health Director Joe Gerace has been charged with one civil count of fraudulent misrepresentation.
Dunleavy picks Sitka judge for Supreme Court, first justice in decades from small-town Alaska
Jude Pate is also the first justice to come from Southeast Alaska since 2013.
Juneau womanʼs stolen regalia has been returned anonymously
More than two weeks after Neilga Koogéi Taija Revels’s regalia was stolen from her Juneau home, she says it’s been returned anonymously by someone who refused the reward she offered.