Ketchikan – Alaska Governor Bill Walker signed legislation into law on Monday adding the Race to Alaska to the list of events eligible for a “race classic” game of chance permit. House Bill 18 will allow the Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce to offer a “race classic” contest based on people guessing the winning time […]
Klawock, Alaska – The west coast of Prince of Wales Island swelled with veterans, friends and family members who gathered to partake in a three-day celebration culminating with a totem pole raising ceremony here Aug. 18. Like many of the totem poles that stand reverently on the island symbolizing or commemorating ancestors, cultural beliefs, oral […]
A short chase ended in the capture and multiple charges against a Craig man on Saturday evening troopers reported. At 7:33 pm Prince of Wales-based troopers observed 42-year-old Walter Young driving at excessive speeds and repeatedly crossing the center line within the city limits of Craig and attempted a traffic stop. When the vehicle came to […]
KODIAK, Alaska – Two Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews, Alaska State Troopers personnel, a canine search team, and two ground teams are searching for a 74-year-old man in a heavily wooded area approximately 28 miles northwest of Haines, Alaska, Sunday. Coast Guard aircrews and three canine search teams from Skagway, Juneau […]