May 1 is Law Day, and its near coincidence with Alaska Constitution Day (April 24) is worth noting. Alaska has been spared the partisan wars of federal judicial appointments because our constitutional ...

This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. The chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court told state lawmakers this week that the court system is taking steps ...

Alaska's highest court will have a new chief justice in January, and for the first time in its history, the court will be majority female. Justice Susan Carney has served on the Alaska Supreme Court ...

Mar. 25—This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network. Alaska's Supreme Court has placed new limits on how long criminal cases can be postponed, part of an effort ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday proposed a constitutional amendment that would give future governors more latitude when picking judges for the Alaska Court System. If adopted by the Legislature, ...

Former Kodiak Superior Court judge Joel Bolger has been named chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, effective July 1. Bolger, who was appointed to the court in 2013 by then-Gov. Sean Parnell, ...

Alaska’s current subsistence fishing program can continue without changes, according to a Wednesday opinion by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling allows the ...

Alaska's Supreme Court issued a decision Thursday that will allow a question regarding repeal of the state’s controversial ranked choice voting system to appear on the November ballot. The state's ...

The Rabinowitz Courthouse is a five-story, 128,000 square foot facility on the riverfront in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. It serves as the Fourth District of the Alaska Court System in the state’s ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. The evidence was overwhelming from the time it all began in 2017. A sexual assault in broad daylight at a popular ...