On Friday, Wildlife Troopers assisted Juneau police in the apprehension of a suspect in a stolen vehicle on Friday night, the trooper dispatch reported. According to the report, the owner of a stolen white 1997 Subaru Station Wagon spotted his vehicle on Mendenhall Loop at 10:11 pm. The search for the vehicle by authorities, would […]
Anchorage — An Alaska Native Tribal Government and three conservation groups are suing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for failing to consider the future impacts of mine development before approving an exploration plan for a hardrock mine project in the Chilkat River watershed in Southeast Alaska. The Chilkat River — “Jilkaat Heeni” in […]
PETERSBURG — Governor Bill Walker Thursday signed legislation to help increase economic and resource development opportunities in the Petersburg Borough. When it was formed in 2013, the Petersburg Borough received a significantly smaller land grant entitlement from the state than other organized boroughs; Senate Bill 28 rectifies this situation, increasing the land entitlement for Petersburg […]
A Kake man was placed under arrest for multiple accounts of assault on Tuesday following a report of firearms discharge at 12:30 on Tuesday afternoon. Troopers responded to the community of Kake after receiving a report of “a male discharging a firearm in a neighborhood amongst the public,” the trooper dispatch reported on Thursday. Following […]