JUNEAU, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging five southeast Alaska commercial fisherman with conspiring to illegally harvest halibut, in violation of the Lacey Act. According to court documents, Jonathan Pavlik, 43, of Yakutat, Vincent Jacobson, 51, of Yakutat, Kyle Dierick, 36, of Yakutat, Michael Babic, 42, of Cordova, and […]
ANCHORAGE, AK — Earlier this week, Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Senator Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage), officially became law without the Governor’s signature, which establishes May 12 as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Day in Alaska. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is a serious and debilitating neurological disease that affects an estimated nine million […]
“It was the plan: decimate American healthcare to line the pockets of the rich, and leave working families to suffer the consequences.” Next year, Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges are set to pay significantly more for coverage—and experts say policies advanced by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are at least […]
ANCHORAGE – An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainee held during June at an Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) facility has been hospitalized in Tacoma, Washington, with tuberculosis. The 35 individuals held at Anchorage Correctional Complex (ACC) were informed by ICE upon their return to Tacoma on June 30th that they were exposed to tuberculosis […]