Research to focus on Hoonah residents Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) and Hoonah Indian Association (HIA) will begin the second phase of a collaborative genetics study next week that explores how historical trauma associated with European colonization may have changed the DNA of Native people. The study, Epigenomic Effects of European Colonization on Alaska Native Peoples by the […]
On Monday, AST revealed that they had made an arrest in the September 15 case where thefts had occurred at the Island Air Express on Prince of Wales Island. It was at that location on the southeast island that troopers initially received multiple reports of vehicles having their gas tanks drilled out, gasoline drained, and […]
Decision puts the brakes on old-growth clear-cut logging, for now. TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST, ALASKA—Today a federal judge issued a court ruling that halts the initial phase of the largest timber sale approved by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in 30 years, at least until the court case is resolved. The USFS has a 15-year plan […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Aircrew with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment provided medical evacuation for two men in Haines yesterday, ensuring they were able to get the emergency care needed as quickly as possible. A civilian medevac unit was unable to reach Haines due to inclement weather, and the […]