JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – In response to the growing problems with fentanyl and other illegal drugs in Southeast Alaska, the Alaska National Guard’s Counterdrug Support Program and 103rd Civil Support Team will conduct two separate informational briefings with Ketchikan first responders, Feb 5 and 6. The Guardsmen will also present on fentanyl awareness and […]
Washington D.C. – A vital ecological area shared by British Columbia (B.C.) and Southeast Alaska faces escalating pressure from Canadian gold mining exploration companies propelled by the obscure, Ponzi scheme-like “Prospect Generator Model (PGM).” The latest investigation titled Bad Prospects, by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) uncovers a web-like network of more than 450 Canadian […]
Bills will help Cape Fox realize economic benefits promised under ANCSA Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), introduced legislation to settle Cape Fox’s remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The measure has the support of a wide coalition of communities in […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Following a week-long trial, a Ketchikan jury Tuesday found 54-year-old Michael Williams guilty for the sexual assault and sexual abuse of a fourteen-year-old girl near Ketchikan High School in 1993. The jury deliberated for approximately one hour before finding Williams guilty of one count of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and one […]