WASHINGTON – In an indictment unsealed Thursday, a federal grand jury in Anchorage, charged an Alaska dentist and his wife with tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States, bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and other federal crimes. According to the indictment, from approximately 2013 to present, Glenn and Saray Lockwood, of Kenai, evaded […]
ANCHORAGE — Congressional candidate Tara Sweeney has received the endorsement of Koniag and Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI), two Alaska Native Corporations, in her bid for Alaska’s lone Congressional seat. “It’s an honor to be endorsed by two Alaska Native Corporations that work to strengthen the state economy and the lives of so many Alaska Native […]
The Republican governors of Florida and Tennessee have both recently signed bills outlawing the system. Buried in a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida this week is a provision that will eliminate Floridians’ ability to use ranked-choice voting to decide their elections—as people in at least two cities there have voted […]
“Uranium contamination in a system like this is forever and while the mining company can walk away, the Havasupai tribe can’t. This is, and always has been, their home.” Indigenous and environmental activists on Friday condemned an Arizona agency’s approval of a key permit for a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon that opponents say threatens […]