Alaska federal judge lied about sexual misconduct, inquiry finds

And: Anchorage seeks input on planned People Mover bus reductions ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, July 9. In today's newsletter: - An Alaska federal judge [was asked to resign]( after deliberately and repeatedly lying about sexual misconduct with a former clerk and two other attorneys, a scathing Judicial Council order said. - Anchorage’s People Mover bus system is [planning to reduce services]( to some routes due to “significant workforce shortages and challenges,” according to the city’s Transportation Department. - Alaska’s largest oil company has [sued the Interior Department]( over the agency’s new rules to sharply limit exploration and drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. From the late 1970s into the 1980s, hot air balloons positively littered the Anchorage sky. But it was long before this hot air balloon heyday that the first wave of balloonists thrilled Alaskans with the dream of flight made real. In [his latest column]( historian David Reamer details how the "Prince of the Air" took to Alaska's skies. Anchorage weather It's cloudy today with a high near 64 degrees and a slight chance of rain showers. The forecast calls for a chance of rain on Wednesday as well, but Thursday and Friday should be partly sunny. Daytime temperatures will hover in the mid-60s for much of this week. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Alaska federal judge lied to investigators about sexual misconduct, inquiry finds →]( Former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred was told to voluntarily resign after a judicial council investigation found he had “an inappropriately sexualized relationship” with a female law clerk and lied about it repeatedly to investigators, according to an extraordinary and scathing judicial misconduct order. ADVERTISEMENT [Anchorage plans People Mover reductions amid driver shortage, seeks public input →]( Since last summer, the transit system has had to intermittently cancel bus trips due to a combination of factors, including driver vacancies and vacation leave, long-term leave and drivers calling in sick. [ConocoPhillips sues Biden administration over new restrictions in Alaska petroleum reserve →]( The North Slope Borough, the regional government that receives revenues from oil and gas activity in the reserve, also sued the agency over the new rules. [Anchorage Wolverines to play in Sullivan Arena for 2024-25 season →]( The Wolverines will inhabit the arena that was home to the Alaska Aces for more than two decades and was the home ice of the UAA Seawolves hockey program from 1983-2019. [Alaska Airlines flight attendants win tentative agreement to boost pay, avert strike →]( If approved, it would be the first U.S. airline union contact to include pay for flight attendants while passengers are boarding the plane, the union said. (via The Oregonian) ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Pennsylvania woman dies on guided raft trip near Copper Center →]( [Man exposed himself on commercial flight from King Salmon to Anchorage, charges say →]( [Counties and states are ending single-family zoning. Homeowners are suing. →]( [Book review: The ‘elusive’ Northwest Passage is reconsidered in this exhaustive history of efforts to navigate between oceans →]( [Fed up with tourists, Barcelona protesters blast them with water guns →]( [Workplace advice: I’m scared I’ll be fired for doing the right thing →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States