Bills will help Cape Fox realize economic benefits promised under ANCSA Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), introduced legislation to settle Cape Fox’s remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The measure has the support of a wide coalition of communities in […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Following a week-long trial, a Ketchikan jury Tuesday found 54-year-old Michael Williams guilty for the sexual assault and sexual abuse of a fourteen-year-old girl near Ketchikan High School in 1993. The jury deliberated for approximately one hour before finding Williams guilty of one count of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and one […]
Alaska State Troopers. responded to a Craig residence. after receiving a report. of serious property damage and a disturbance at that location on Saturday. When troopers arrived at the residence. they found Michael Starr, age 33 of Juneau. who was only clothed in a sweatshirt, and was covered in blood. Officers observed broken glass and […]
(Anchorage, AK) –On Dec. 29, the Alaska Supreme Court decided that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s management of the herring roe fisheries in Sitka Sound did not violate the constitutional rule to manage for a “sustained yield.” “This is a great decision supporting the Department of Fish and Game’s work to provide the […]