(Anchorage, AK) –On Dec. 29, the Alaska Supreme Court decided that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s management of the herring roe fisheries in Sitka Sound did not violate the constitutional rule to manage for a “sustained yield.” “This is a great decision supporting the Department of Fish and Game’s work to provide the […]
(Ketchikan, AK) –Last week, Superior Court Judge Katherine Lybrand sentenced 72-year-old Dwight “Chris” John to 50 years with 30 years suspended and 20 years to serve for a conviction for sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. John was initially charged with multiple sexual offenses, based on conduct from April 2017 to April 2022. […]
Washington, DC – For the first time ever, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has favorably reported a bill to right a historical injustice made when five Alaska Native communities were omitted from the 1971 settlement of indigenous claims in Alaska. The bill, the Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act, amends the Alaska […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — On Friday the Coast Guard recovered the downed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed on Read Island on Nov. 13th during a rescue mission. The four aircrew members involved in the crash were medevaced to Seattle and brought to Harborview Medical Center and have since been released. Efforts to retrieve the aircraft included the Coast Guard, […]