In a September 17 letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) and the Association of Village Council Presidents (AVCP) joined the State of Alaska in requesting an immediate declaration of a fisheries disaster on the Yukon River for 2021. Salmon returns along the Yukon River have been […]
(Kotzebue, AK) – Tuesday, Judge Nelson Traverso sentenced Peter Wilson to a total sentence of 198 years, with 99 years suspended, for the murder and sexual abuse of Ashley Johnson-Barr on September 6, 2108 in Kotzebue. The court sentenced Mr. Wilson to 99 years with 49 suspended, or 50 years to serve, for the crime […]
Alaska State Troopers responded to a rollover of a GMC truck at mile 5 of the Boundary Road near Klawock at 11:30 am on Tuesday morning, AST reported. Upon arrival, troopers would find 23-year-old Keegan Bovee had perished in the accident. He was declared deceased at the scene. The preliminary investigation at the scene determined […]
(Juneau, AK) – The public comment period for the 2021 Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA) Reapportionment is now open. Regional Educational Attendance Areas (REAAs) are educational areas established in an unorganized borough of Alaska. Alaska Statutes require that within 90 days of the Federal decennial census, the Department of Education and Early Development (DEED), in […]