Please remember to join us this evening for a celebration in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day! The gathering will include a welcome by President Richard Peterson, guest speakers Governor Bill Walker and City & Borough Assemblyman Robert Edwardson, dance performances by Woosh.ji.een and All Nations Children, traditional foods demonstration and light refreshments. Note: A march […]
The remains of missing hiker, Teri Heuscher, age 53, have been recovered and positively identified through dental records, Juneau police report. Heuscher’s remains were discovered by a duck hunter, who found parts of a skull and a lower jaw at a campsite at the base of Thunder Mountain. Heuscher was reported missing on the evening […]
Ketchikan police say that a man from that city turned himself in for the murder of another Ketchikan man on Friday afternoon. Police were called to perform a welfare check on 55-year-old Richard Branda by a caller that has not been publicly identified. The4 Police went to the area at the cruise ship docks near […]
October 9, 2017 ANCHORAGE — Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott today join Alaskans statewide in honoring Indigenous Peoples Day, and recognizing the history and heritage of Alaska’s First Peoples. Earlier this year, Governor Walker signed House Bill 78 into law, formally establishing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. In […]