(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska continues to hold the federal government accountable for failing to clean up contaminated lands transferred to Alaska Natives as part of the 1971 Alaska Claims Settlement Act. On Nov. 23, the State filed an amended complaint (207KB PDF) with U.S. District Court in Alaska after the federal defendants misconstrued congressional directives […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Christopher Lee Jordan to serve a composite sentence of 20 years with eight years suspended for striking six vehicles while driving under the influence of drugs last fall. He was sentenced for two counts of assault in the second degree and one count of driving […]
The North Star Elementary School in Kodiak was abruptly evacuated at 10:14 am on Wednesday morning after a suspicious package was discovered outside the school troopers reported on the trooper dispatch. All of the students were transported to the Bayside Fire Department where parents were contacted and told to pick up their children, Alaska State […]
Washington, D.C. – This week, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola extended her gratitude to the students at Effie Kokrine Charter School in Fairbanks for supplying the ornaments that adorn the tree representing Alaska next to the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. “I am incredibly proud of the creative work these students put into each of their […]