News & Events
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Extended customer service hours, on Friday afternoons, are offered at the following locations:
- 1st District - Haines, Hoonah, Juneau, Ketchikan, Prince of Wales, and Sitka
- 2nd District - Kotzebue, Nome*, and Utqiagvik*
- 3rd District - Anchorage*, Dillingham*, Homer*, Kenai*, Kodiak, Naknek*, Palmer*, Seward*, and Unalaska*
- 4th District - Bethel, Delta Junction, Emmonak, Fairbanks*, Nenana, and Tok
- * - limited services, contact the court for details.
All Press Releases are Adobe PDF documents unless indicated otherwise.
- Press Release - Alaska Court of Appeals Chief Judge Appointed for 2025-2026 (November 27, 2024)
- Press Release - Presiding Judges Appointed for 2025 (November 27, 2024)
- Press Release - Alaska Court System Selects Next Chief Justice (November 25, 2024)
- Justice Henderson's speech at AFN on October 19, 2024.
- Press Release - 25 Years of Treatment Courts in Alaska!
- Press Release - Supreme Court LIVE Event Fosters Understanding of the Justice System (March 8, 2024)
- Press Release - Online Dispute Resolution Platform for Self-Represented Litigants (January 16, 2024)
- Press Release - Presiding Judges Appointed for 2024 (December 4, 2023)
- Press Release - Alaska’s Veterans Courts Honor Veterans’ Service (November 8, 2023)
- Press Release - Success Inside and Out program returns to women’s correctional facility (November 3, 2023)
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Senior Justice Daniel Winfree was honored by the members of the Thirty-Third Alaska State Legislature with a legislative citation on his retirement from the Alaska Supreme Court for his many years of service to the citizens of Alaska.
Congratulations Senior Justice Winfree! - Press Release - Jury Duty and Subpoenas Phone Scams Alert (August 31, 2023)
- Press Release - Jury Duty Phone Scam Alert (August 9, 2023)
- Press Release - Fairbanks Courthouse Clerks' Office Construction (December 14, 2022)
- Press Release - Alaska Court System Warns of Phone Scam (December 7, 2022)
- Press Release - Alaska Court of Appeals Chief Judge Appointed for 2023-2024 (December 6, 2022)
- Press Release - Presiding Judges Appointed for 2023 (December 6, 2022)
- Press Release - Alaska Court System Selects Next Chief Justice (November 29, 2022)
- Press Release - Alaska Supreme Court to Hear Case at Lathrop High School (November 9, 2022)
- Press Release - Fairbanks Veterans Court Honors and Supports Veterans (November 7, 2022)
- Press Release - Court System to Host Statewide Informational Sessions on Adult Guardianship Improvement Grant & New Self-Help Phone Line (August 30, 2022)
- Press Release - Palmer Courthouse Open House (August 19, 2022)
- Press Release - Court Improvement Program Launches Child in Need of Aid (CINA) Laws e-Learning course (July 27, 2022)
- Press Release - Alaska Court System Receives Funding to Launch Eviction Diversion Program (July 18, 2022)
- Press Release - Alaska Court System Warns of Phishing Scam – Court System is Not Calling Demanding Money to Avoid Arrest.
- Press Release - New: Adult Guardianship & Conservatorship Self-Help Phone Line is Live! (June 14, 2022)
- Press Release and Order - Deadline for Challenges to Amended Alaska Redistricting Board Plan Due by May 3, 2022.
- Press Release - Palmer Court Re-Starting Jury Trials in April (March 25, 2022)
- Press Release - Alaska Supreme Court Oral Argument in Redistricting Cases (March 15, 2022)
- Press Release - Palmer Courthouse Status Update (January 27, 2022)
- Press Release - Palmer Courthouse closed through at least January 14th (January 7, 2022)
- Press Release - Presiding Judges Appointed for 2022 (December 8, 2021)
- Justice Jennifer Henderson Ascends to Alaska Supreme Court - AttorneyLawMagazine.com (August 20, 2021)
- Podcast - Daniel Winfree - Alaska Landmine Radio (August 19, 2021)
- He played pick-up baseball in Griffin Park as a child. Now he’s chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court - Fairbanks Daily News-miner (July 19, 2021)
- Lifelong Fairbanksan becomes Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court - Webcenter Fairbanks (July 15, 2021)
- Press Release: New Chief Justice Sworn In (July 1, 2021)
- Statement from the Alaska Supreme Court
Alerts & Scams
- Press Release - Jury Duty and Subpoenas Phone Scams Alert (August 31, 2023)
- Press Release - Jury Duty Phone Scam Alert (August 9, 2023)
- SCAM ALERT: The Alaska State Troopers have received reports of a recent scam involving unknown individuals who claim to be Alaska State Troopers or other law enforcement. These individuals have called citizens in our communities in an effort to gain personal information and extort money. The Alaska State Troopers will NOT call your residence, business, or place of employment to collect unpaid debts, bail, court judgments, or other monetary instruments. Citizens are encouraged not to provide personal information to anyone over the phone. If you are in question of the validity of a law enforcement officer or their requests, citizens should get the name of the alleged officer and call their local police agency to verify their identity. (July 30, 2019)
- Press Release: Alaska Court System Warns of Juror Scam (December 1, 2017)
- Press Release: Alaska Court System Warns of Juror Scam (April 7, 2017)
- Press Release: Alaska Court System Warns of Email and Phone Scam
- U.S. District Courts (Federal): Jury Duty Scams
- Social Security Numbers: Alaska Court System jury clerks will not ask you for your social security number. If someone contacts you and asks you for your social security number on behalf of the court, it is not legitimate.
- ALERT: Email Scam regarding Appellate Case - The Alaska Court System has learned of an e-mail scam where recipients receive a notice requiring an appearance before our appellate court in a case involving illegal software usage. The email purports to be from law firm Bingham McCutchen. This email was not issued by that law firm, nor by the Alaska courts. You should not open the email or respond.
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