Akilingnaq’sqat–Corporation Akilingnaq’sqat angsinartut akilingnaqlluteng.–Some corporations are big and they are trying to make money. Forty years ago, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act returned forty-four million acres of lands and 962.5 million dollars to Alaska’s Native people. Known by its acronym ANCSA, this historic piece of federal legislation represented a turning point in the social […]
Researchers have discovered that thawing permafrost in the Northern Hemisphere stores twice as much mercury as the rest of the planet’s soils, atmosphere, and oceans. The finding has significant implications for human health and ecosystems worldwide. In a new study, scientists measured mercury concentrations in cores of frozen ground—or permafrost—from Alaska and used the data to […]
The Anchorage Police Department opened a run investigation on Friday after receiving a 911 call at 12:15 PM reporting an unconscious man lying in the road near E. 12th Avenue and Ingra Street. According to the report, the man was crossing the street on 12th Avenue, when he was hit by the driver of a newer […]
Alaska State Troopers, on Friday received a call in reporting that a 24-year-old Homer woman had attempted to pass, on two occasions, fake currency in order to buy items at the Anchor River store in Anchor Point, troopers reported on Sunday. Troopers were able to identify the forgery suspect as Rheanna Tussey, age 24, of […]