ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The Wilderness Society Wednesday announced its support for a bill sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that is known as the Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act (S. 1889). The legislation would allow five communities omitted from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to receive settlement land and form corporations, […]
For two months, staff in the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Community & Behavioral Services (CBS) Division worked on a button blanket for the Anchorage Museum’s Good Medicine exhibit. The cream-colored blanket has a deep red border. The interior is lined with different shapes of seaweed. The back of […]
On Saturday, at `12:25 pm, troopers were notified that a property in Saxman had fallen victim to theft and $10,040 was stolen. AST responded and opened an investigation that quickly identified a suspect. Troopers found that 39-year-old Robert Strong had fled the area on foot following the theft. Troopers searched the area but were unable […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard recued a 63-year-old male Thursday after his vessel ran aground on the southeast side of Hump Island, Alaska. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew located the man at a cabin on Hump Island at approximately 8:20 a.m. The aircrew landed, embarked the man, and transferred […]