Ketchikan-based Alaska State Troopers reported that on Thursday they were contacted by a business owner on the 4100-block of the South Tongass Highway that a person had come to his business late Thursday afternoon and offered to return property that had been stolen from his vehicle. The vehicle, parked at mile 2 of the South […]
JUNEAU – A Utah man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for the beating death of his wife during a 2017 family cruise to Alaska. Kenneth Manzanares, 43, pleaded guilty in February 2020 to the second-degree murder of Kristy Manzanares while onboard the Emerald Princess […]
JUNEAU, AK – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) announced all buildings have reopened to the public following a closure issued in March 2020. “The Tribal Emergency Operation Center [TEOC] is confident in the safety protocols we have set in place to protect Tlingit & […]
Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins: ‘We lost a giant both in Alaska politics and in the Southeast community as a whole’ JUNEAU — Albert Kookesh, a longtime state lawmaker and Alaska Native leader, died this week in his hometown of Angoon. He was 72. Kookesh represented his community for 16 years in the Legislature, beginning in the House […]