ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 9 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release: Today, an Anchorage jury convicted 31-year-old Christopher Baines of two counts of first-degree robbery, six counts of third-degree assault (including three assaults on police officers), one count of first-degree vehicle theft, one count of first-degree failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer, two counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief, one count of first-degree criminal tres more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 12 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release: An Anchorage judge yesterday issued a maximum 10-year sentence to 45-year-old Alvin Wassillie on charges of Assault in the Second Degree and Assault in the Fourth Degree. The charges stemmed from an assault on a woman near 15th and Ingra Streets in August 2016. Evidence at trial showed that Wassillie dragged the victim into a wooded area and strangled her. The victim escaped from Wassilli more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 10 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release: A judge on Tuesday sentenced Anchorage woman Naomi Sinford (formerly Naomi Meester) to a composite sentence of 75 years in prison for Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Unlawful Exploitation of a Minor in two separate criminal cases. Victims included two of Sinford's biological daughters as well as a young relative of Sinford. In each case, Sinford acted with an adult male boyfriend or spouse to  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 11 -- The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following public notice: An application package for an Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan, under Alaska Statute 46.04.030 and in accordance with 18 AAC 75, has been received by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The details are as follow: Applicant: JADE Energy LLC P.O. Box 112212 Anchorage, AK 99511-2212 Proposed Activity: Review of a new plan application package for an Oil Disc more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 8 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy today signed into law House Bill 49, a criminal justice reform package championed and ushered through the legislature by his administration. The legislation, which effectively repeals and replaces the failed SB91, addresses many of the gaps in Alaska's criminal statutes and codes by strengthening sentencing for many felonies, giving discretion back to judges and the  more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 11 -- General Communication, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: * * * - Students from 36 communities will receive scholarships for the 2019-20 school year * * * Fifty Alaska students from communities across the state will receive $2,000 apiece in the 2019-2020 academic year through the GCI Scholarship Program in partnership with the Alaska Community Foundation. The program, launched more than 20 years ago and seeded with $100,000 of schol more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 8 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * - Forest Ranger to Support Alaska Firefighting Efforts for Two Weeks * * * New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that a DEC Forest Ranger is heading to Alaska to assist in the containment of wildfires. The Ranger will support firefighting efforts as a helicopter manager in Alaska's Delta Area Forest  more PR