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, […]
(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 […]
During the early morning hours of Monday, a fire broke out in a home in Port Lions taking the life of a Port Lions resident and his dog, according to trooper dispatch. Just after midnight on Monday, troopers in Kodiak were notified of a structure fire in the community of Port Lions, to the west […]
Kodiak-based troopers are investigating, and suspect that alcohol was involved, in a Tuesday morning crash in the small community of Ouzinkie that injured one. The report of the crash that involved a 1993 Mercury Topaz running into a parked 1999 Freight-liner Dump Truck came in to the troopers at 11:02 am on Tuesday. Troopers traveled […]