KUAC By Dan Bross Published November 8, 2023 at 2:48 PM AKST April MonroeThe Fairbanks Four (L to R): Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent, Kevin Pease and George Frese at an event celebrating their exoneration in December 2015. (Fairbanks, Ak.) Three of the indigenous men known as the “Fairbanks 4” have settled a federal civil rights …
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Nome Nugget By Megan Gannon Published: November 03, 2023 Two people identified as Jane Doe and John Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the Bering Strait School District alleging that they were repeatedly abused by an ex-Stebbins teacher. The lawsuit claims the district violated its policies, was negligent in its hiring practices and failed to …
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KTUU By Jill Burke Published: Mar. 17, 2021 at 7:51 PM AKDT Department of Corrections cites COVID-19 for interrupted repairs ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – An architect’s report obtained by Alaska’s News Source shows in December 2019 the Alaska Department of Corrections was warned that “without remedial action the Department should expect more bunks to fail.” …
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By Jenny Willoughby October 13, 2023 The Friends of Benka Lake officially filed a complaint against Mr. and Mrs. Brunz to restore public access to the lake. The Brunzes erected a fence in August 2022 following the purchase of the land on both sides of Lakeview Street, the only public access to Benka Lake. The …
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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