Alaska State Troopers are asking that the public to not enter the landslide area at mile 11 of the Zimova Highway in Wrangell, and advising those who live between mile 11 and the end of the pavement to evacuate due to the possibility of additional landslides in the area. Emergency responders from the Alaska Wildlife […]
USCG District 17 public affairs report that the investigation into the helicopter crash on Read Island is continuing. They also report that two of the creewmembers of the Jayhawk have been released from the hospital while the other two crewmembers have been upgraded to fair condition from their earlier designation as serious condition. The Jayhawk […]
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 […]