Star Valley Independent · Soldotna, AK
The Star Valley Braves outlasted the Cody Broncs in a tight 16-13 final score to claim their fifth straight Wyoming 3A state football championship on Friday night at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. It is the 13th straight season that either the Braves or the Broncs have won the championship and the fifth straight where Star Valley prevailed over Cody. It’s also the ninth straight win in the series for the Braves but it’s been far from easy with the last three contests overall decided by a combined nine points. “Just so proud of our defense, replied Coach McKay Young. Our defensive coaches; Coach Merritt, Coach Cazier, Coach Ballard [Johnson], Jeff Johnson and Kirk Hoopes; just so proud of what they do for our kids and that was on display for the whole state tonight.
Homer News · Kenai, AK
Nearby: Kenai, AKKenai Superior Court Judge Kelly Lawson and District Court Judge Martin Fallon standing for retention
Alaska Beacon · Kenai, AK
Nearby: Kenai, AKAlaska voters in the Third Judicial District opted to reject two state judges standing for retention in the midterm election by wide margins in initial results on Tuesday. The vote comes after the non-partisan Alaska Judicial Council — charged with vetting and nominating judges, as well as conducting performance evaluations — issued a rare recommendation for voters not to retain the two judges in this election. They were the only two they recommended not be retained out of 21 judges standing for retention elections. For another Juneau judge, they issued no recommendation. Voters opting to retain Kenai Superior Court Judge Kelly Lawson and District Court Judge Martin Fallon were outnumbered by “no” votes, according to initial results released by the Alaska Division of Elections. As of Wednesday, 58% of voters voted “no” to retain Lawson, and 41.8% voted “yes” — a 16 point margin, or 19,939 vote split.