Ester News

Both parties in a lawsuit about Alaska's plan to redraw House election district lines announced plans Tuesday to appeal a recent Superior Court Decision to the Supreme Court.

The Alaska Redistricting Board unanimously voted to appeal part of a Superior Court decision on their plan to redraw House election district lines.

A week-long trial challenging the proposed redrawing of Alaska's election districts came to a close Tuesday, with rival attorneys offering wildly different perspectives of the redistricting board's work.

Sandy Jamieson, a well-known local artist, pilot, guide and log builder, will present the first lecture in the 2012 Ester Library Lecture Series, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

John Torgerson, the chairman of the Alaska Redistricting Board, testified that the plan his team came up with was the only one that would pass federal requirements.