WASHINGTON D.C.-Alaskan Congressman Don Young reintroduced his legislation,H.R. 3604, the Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act. This legislation would amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to allow approximately 2,800 Alaska Natives who served in Vietnam and missed an earlier opportunity because of that service, to reapply for their Native allotment.
NEW STUYAHOK, Alaska-On Wednesday, December 7th, at about 9:42 pm, the Alaska State troopers in Dillingham received a report from the Village Public Safety Officer in New Stuyahok of a disturbance at the local Senior Center.
WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the direction of President Obama and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, announced that it supports amending federal law to allow federally recognized tribal governments to make disaster declaration requests directly to the president. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate first announced the administration's support for this […]
Yesterday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) released a report presenting findings related to the March 8, 2010, wolf attack that killed 32-year-old Candice Berner near the village of Chignik Lake on the Alaska Peninsula. The report summarizes agency response and subsequent investigation.