But in the same ruling, Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin criticized the Alaska Department of Fish and Game effort as circumventing a prior court ruling that found the program was unlawful.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game does not have the right to carry out a controversial plan to kill bears this spring, at least for now, a state judge has ruled. Superior Court Judge ...

But in the same ruling, Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin criticized the Alaska Department of Fish and Game effort as circumventing a prior court ruling that found the program was unlawful.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage Superior Court judge in an order issued this week denied a request to strike down a controversial state-sponsored predator control program that has so far killed ...