U.S. Senator Mark Begich on Monday wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging that a final decision by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) be made on the permit for the expansion of the tailings disposal area for the Greens Creek Mine near Juneau.
While on the "Columbia," 30 year-old Bainbridge Island resident Kaj Hauschulz was contacted by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation's Southeast Cities Against Drugs Task Force early Sunday morning at approximately 6:30 am.
On Sunday morning at approximately 7:43 am, the Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence on Jennifer Drive in Sterling for a report of a disturbance at that location.
It was reported that on Sunday that a man was missing after swimming approximately 200 yards from shore and on his return swim back to the shore ran into difficulties and disappeared under the surface of the water.