By John Dougherty Published: Nov. 25, 2020 at 4:07 PM AKST FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) – The City of Fairbanks has appealed a 9th Circuit Court ruling to the United States Supreme Court. In January of this year, the 9th Circuit Court ruled that a group of men known as the ‘Fairbanks Four’ should be allowed to sue […]
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KTUU By Jill Burke Published: Jan 7, 2020 at 7:44PM AKST (KTUU) A collapsing bunk bed has injured a second inmate in an Anchorage jail. Problems with the bunk beds were first revealed when an inmate, identified as E.M., was struck when an upper bunk collapsed as he slept on the lower bunk. “He had
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KYUK | By Kyle Hopkins – Anchorage Daily News May 14, 2020 at 7:50 AKDT Dean Swope/KYUK There are now at least four girls alleging in court that former Bethel Elementary School Principal Chris Carmichael abused them. In December 2019, Carmichael was arrested, and later charged with sexual abuse of a minor. Since then, attorneys for four of
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KTUU Published: Feb. 21, 2019 at 7:16 PM AKST (KTUU) Two lawsuits filed in state court claim that the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Shool District was negligent in protecting students from sexual abuse by a teacher. Lukis Nighwonger, a former teacher at Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla, faces 19 charges for alleged sex crimes committed against several
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By Zaz Hollander Updated: February 11, 2019 Published: February 11, 2019 Four more victims have come forward to accuse a once-popular Wasilla elementary school teacher of touching them inappropriately or sexually assaulting them. That brings the total to eight victims in what started as a child sex abuse case filed last fall against Lukis Nighswonger,
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By Dana Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks July 16, 2018 A judge will decide whether a federal civil rights suit filed against the city of Fairbanks can proceed. Four Native men, known as the Fairbanks Four, allege racial bias driven police misconduct, including coercion of false confessions and fabrication of evidence, lead to their being wrongfully
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By Tim Mowry/tmowry@newsminer.com Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Dec 5, 2011 Updated Jan 16, 2013 Editor’s note: The original article had the incorrect date for the adoption of the eight regulatory criteria used by the Board of Fisheries to judge whether a fishery is customary and traditional. The regulations were first adopted in 1982. FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Supreme
By Michelle Theriault Boots Updated: July 14, 2022 Published: July 13, 2022 Two Alaska families who lost custody of their infants after what they say were flawed diagnoses of abuse by the state’s embattled former top child abuse physician are suing Dr. Barbara Knox, her former supervisor and Providence Alaska Medical Center in federal court. The
9th Circuit Oral Arguments were held on August 9th, 2019. Look for decisions in 3-12 months.
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Author: Lisa Demer Updated: November 2, 2017 Published November 2, 2017 A woman whose parenting of six adopted children on the Anchorage Hillside included abuse, deprivation, humiliation, and torment finally faced judgment Thursday. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton ordered Anya James to serve eight years, with another two years suspended, plus five years of
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