Hundreds charged with domestic violence, child abuse or DUIs are walking free in Anchorage

And: Growing legal fallout over Kindred resignation now includes challenge to high-profile opioid case conviction ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Northrim Bank]( Good afternoon. It’s Monday, October 14. In today's newsletter: - An effort to clear a backlog in the court system, combined with a lack of prosecutors, has led hundreds of people in Anchorage charged with an array of criminal misdemeanors to [have their cases dismissed]( without a trial. - The legal fallout surrounding the resignation of former Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred is accelerating, with the high-profile opioid conviction of a health care provider — overseen by Kindred — [now facing a legal challenge](. - In a [long-awaited return to the Sullivan Arena]( the Anchorage Wolverines hockey team defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears in front of an energized crowd of nearly 4,000. Grizzly and black bears remind humans that we are not at the top of the food chain in Alaska. Ancient Alaskans shared the grasslands with possibly an even more terrifying predator, writes Ned Rozell — the American lion. Learn more about the big cats that migrated over the Bering Land Bridge [here.]( Anchorage weather It's mostly sunny today with a high near 48 degrees. The forecast calls for patchy, freezing fog tonight and Tuesday morning, but we should see mostly sunny skies for the better part of this week. Daytime temperatures will dip down into the high 30s by the end of the week. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Hundreds of people charged with domestic violence, child abuse or DUIs are walking free in Anchorage →]( The widespread failure to prosecute crimes has stayed largely below the public’s radar because misdemeanors in Anchorage are pursued by city prosecutors, not the state. Despite the low profile of these cases, they include allegations of serious, sometimes outrageous acts. (Reported in partnership with ProPublica) ADVERTISEMENT [Photos: 2024 Elders & Youth Conference opens in Anchorage with dancing, drumming and more →]( The 41st annual Statewide Elders & Youth Conference, hosted by First Alaskans Institute, kicked off on Sunday and continues through Wednesday. • Related: [Thousands of Alaska Natives are gathering in Anchorage this week]( [Growing legal fallout over Kindred resignation now includes challenge to high-profile opioid case conviction →]( [An attorney for a former Eagle River nurse practitioner says that as her federal opioid deaths trial was unfolding, the judge was texting about it to a former law clerk-turned-federal prosecutor he was romantically involved with.]( [Anchorage Wolverines top Kenai River 3-2 in long-awaited return to Sullivan Arena →]( The matchup between the Wolverines and the Kenai River Brown Bears marked the first for a junior hockey or semi-pro team in seven years since the Alaska Aces played their last home game in 2017. [For Alaska’s leading U.S. House candidates, a grueling travel week that was — and wasn’t — unusual →]( In three days, Alaska’s top two U.S. House candidates traveled more than 1,000 miles and appeared on stage in three high-stakes debates on the state’s most pressing federal issues. (via Alaska Beacon) ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Police: Man with knife barricaded himself inside Anchorage apartment and tried to set it on fire →]( [Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election →]( [Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further →]( [Travel: As Alaska Air pursues global aspirations, other carriers build on international success →]( [NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States