Legislature Brings Alaska Native Corporations’ Rules up to Date

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Legislature Brings Alaska Native Corporations’ Rules up to Date

Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska Legislature today, with a vote of 18-1 in the Alaska Senate, voted to empower Alaska Native Corporations with the ability to adjust quorum requirements. House Bill 149, by Representative Lance Pruitt, gives Alaska Native Corporations that were incorporated before July 1, 1989, the option to amend their articles of incorporation, […]

Avian Flu in Lower 48 Prompts Reminder for Alaska Subsistence Waterfowl Hunters to Clean Up After Handling Birds

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Avian Flu in Lower 48 Prompts Reminder for Alaska Subsistence Waterfowl Hunters to Clean Up After Handling Birds

(Statewide) — Alaska’s subsistence waterfowl hunting seasons opened on April 2 and with spring migration under way hunters are reminded to practice routine hygiene when handling, cleaning and cooking the ducks, geese and other migratory birds they harvest. Two strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or “bird flu,” were found in wild birds late […]

Alaska Tribes to Receive $400,000 from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Alaska Tribes to Receive $400,000 from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded $200,000 each for conservation work to the Native Village of Tyonek and Telida Village Council under the Tribal Wildlife Grant program. The Native Village of Tyonek, in partnership with Tyonek Tribal Conservation District, will be using funds to remove a barrier to fish passage on Old […]

Tyonek Parent Charged with ‘Terroristic Threatening’ after Facebook Postings

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Tyonek Parent Charged with ‘Terroristic Threatening’ after Facebook Postings

A Tyonek parent was arrested on Tuesday on charges of “Terroristic Threatening,” after posting messages on Facebook trooper dispatch reports. Tyonek villagers patrolled the streets and the school in Tyonek went on lock-down after 26-year-old Tyonek resident, Justin Trenton, posted messages on Facebook. The posts made on Facebook were in response to unidentified people in […]

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