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Names of February 6th Yute Air Crash Victims Released

By Alaska Native News on Feb 14, 2020 Featured, Southwest Alaska, State

Alaska State Troopers divulged on Thursday that the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage has revealed the identities of the passengers in the fatal Yute Air crash 12 miles southwest of Tuntutukliak that occurred on February 6th. The flight, a Piper PA-32R Cherokee, had been traveling from Bethel to Kipnuk one hundred miles distant […]

Governor Walker Signs Bill to Support Alaska Timber Industry

By Corey Allen-Young | Office of the Governor on Jul 20, 2016 Featured, Southeast Alaska, State

KLAWOCK—Governor Bill Walker signed into law Tuesday a bill designed to meet the growing demand for timber in southeast Alaska—after the lack of federal timber threatened the industry’s survival in the state. Senate Bill 32, which also expands the Department of Natural Resources’ authority to respond to communities hardest hit by fuel prices, passed the […]