A new magistrate judge was sworn in Monday morning at the Haines courthouse.
Kila Orion Hughes-Knowles, 32, is taking over following the Dec. 31 retirement of judge Linn Asper. Hughes-Knowles, who grew up in Sitka before attending law school in Virginia and clerking for a Fairbanks superior court judge, will preside over cases in Skagway, Hoonah and Yakutat as well as Haines, part of a judicial restructuring effort.
Hughes-Knowles…
