Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC) has announced the pending acquisition of two major operators in the freezer longline cod sector of the Bering Sea fishery. The Alaska regional native corporation, with offices in Anchorage and Dillingham, plans to acquire Blue North Fisheries and Clipper Seafoods on September 30. This would put the company in a […]
Research to focus on Hoonah residents Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) and Hoonah Indian Association (HIA) will begin the second phase of a collaborative genetics study next week that explores how historical trauma associated with European colonization may have changed the DNA of Native people. The study, Epigenomic Effects of European Colonization on Alaska Native Peoples by the […]
On Monday, AST revealed that they had made an arrest in the September 15 case where thefts had occurred at the Island Air Express on Prince of Wales Island. It was at that location on the southeast island that troopers initially received multiple reports of vehicles having their gas tanks drilled out, gasoline drained, and […]
NEW YORK – Myroslava Gongadze and Kenneth Schwartz in Washington contributed to this story. Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump and allegations that he sought a foreign government’s help with his 2020 re-election bid. “The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated […]