Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Central Council) has welcomed Debra O’Gara as the new presiding judge for the Tribal Court. Prior to assuming her new position, O’Gara served as the Tribal Court chief justice (2012-2015) and magistrate (2007-2010) where she presided over child support cases. As presiding judge, O’Gara […]
A former resident of Ketchikan has pled guilty to Lacy Act violations in connection to illegally purchased halibut in 2012 and 2013. It was announced by United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler this week that a former resident of Ketchikan, Donald Ray Thornlow, pled guilty to ” commercially purchasing halibut that was caught for subsistence […]
Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan are asking the public for information on suspicious circumstances and a theft that took place at two locations on Forest Park Drive on Tuesday or Wednesday, the trooper dispatch disclosed, Troopers received a report of suspicious circumstances from a caller on the 900 block of Forest Drive on Wednesday. That caller […]
Some of the first meetings of the Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) were documented on brown paper bags. “I recall my mother, Louise Bradley, telling me the group of ladies didn’t have enough money for paper during the formation years for ANS,” said former ANS Camp #1 President Marge Byrd. “But that didn’t stop them from […]