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 […]
Sealaska has received interim conveyance for final acreage promised under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). In a signing ceremony, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Director Bud Cribley signed the document on Friday March 6, 2015. “BLM is pleased to be part of this significant milestone toward the completion of the Alaska Land […]
A Saxman man was arrested after becoming combative with Ketchikan Medical staff following an assault on Eagle Avenue in Saxman late Saturday night. 25-year-old Gary Weston was contacted at a residence on Eagle Avenue at 11:33 pm on Saturday night after a report was made to troopers of an assault in progress there. The trooper […]