Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced S.4370, the Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2024, to promote greater indigenous stewardship of Federal and Indian forest and rangelands. The 2004 TFPA law was intended to protect Indian forest lands and resources from various threats, […]
WASHINGTON — In the remote and rural communities of southeastern Alaska, news is never in short supply thanks to a small but dedicated crew of journalists. “We are what we call community radio,” said Angela Denning. The radio journalist is the regional news director of the media nonprofit CoastAlaska and oversees six newsrooms. All of them, […]
(Palmer, AK) – Friday, Alaska Superior Court Judge Jonathan Woodman sentenced Anthony Engebretsen-Rogers, 21, for drunk driving that led to a man’s death and a woman’s injuries. Judge Woodman sentenced Engebretsen-Rogers to a composite sentence of 7.5 years and 90 days with two years, 85 days suspended for Criminally Negligent Homicide and Driving under the Influence […]
Crews will be deploying a new fiber-to-the-premises network in the remote Aleutian community ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Construction is underway in Larsen Bay for GCI’s Aleutians Fiber Project! With surveys complete and permits, materials and crews in place, the project team is preparing the community for the arrival of fiber-optic connectivity later this year. The Aleutians […]
