Although they are continuing to search for the 4-year-old Kotlik boy who was last seen at a slough near his home, troopers say that the search is about to wind down with no results. The four-year-old boy, Terrell Hunt went missing after slipping and falling into the slough while playing with his friends on May 19th. […]
Chapter Nine of “Where the Salmon Run” written by Trova Heffernan and sponsored by Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed. Chapter Nine | The Shelf Life of Treaties The battle over Indian fishing rights appeared interminable in 1973, an assembly line of expensive court cases that had cycled through the American justice system for decades. […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young on Tuesday raised serious concerns to proposed federal rulemaking by the Department of Interior that could restrict development of oil and gas resources within Alaska. In a Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs oversight hearing, Congressman Young questioned the proposed rulemaking by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service […]
Senator Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday welcomed the news that the Yukon River town of Galena – ravaged by floods last year – will be receiving over $2.65 million in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to elevate 16-17 homes to a safer height. These funds derive from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, a […]