ANCHORAGE – A Minto woman was recently sentenced for embezzling money from the Native Village of Minto while employed in a position of trust. According to court documents, Melanie Gail Titus, 52, was employed as the bookkeeper for the Minto Village Council, which is the federally recognized native governing body for the Native Village […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the body of an Alaskan Native female was discovered on the Yukon River approximately 30 miles upriver of Emmonak. AST says the remains were turned over to the State Medical Examiner’s office and has been presumptively identified as 40-year-old Kimberly O’Domin of Marshall. Troopers have been looking for the victim […]
SEATTLE –Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $5,681,921 Lead Service Line Inventory grant to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The grant comes through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and will be used to conduct lead service line inventory of 269 public water systems designated as Tribal or Small Disadvantaged systems. The […]
SEATTLE – During a visit Thursday with the Lummi Nation in Bellingham, Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox, announced more than $278 million in funding for American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Villages to improve water infrastructure. “The Lummi Nation’s Gooseberry Point Wastewater Treatment Plant is a great example of […]