In a phone call delivered to U.S. Senator Mark Begich’s office from the Department of Interior (DOI), DOI Announced the end of federal rules that have prohibited DOI from taking land into trust for Alaska Native tribes. The reversal of these regulations after much litigation brings Alaska tribes one step closer to tribal self-determination, which […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four men, ages 18 to 26, after their plane went down at the toe of Skilak Glacier last night. The pilot of the downed Cessna 172 aircraft texted family to request help and they notified the Alaska […]
On April 11th, after the completion of a plea deal, sentencing took place in Sitka Court for the 2009 Defense of Live/Property shooting of a Brown Bear in Katlian Bay. It was on October 11, 2009 that 49-year-old Patrick Hughes of Sitka shot and killed a Brown Bear in Katlian Bay in defense of life and […]
Two Wasilla residents were arrested after the completion of an investigation looking into a commercial marijuana grow operation conducted by the Alaska State Troopers and the Mat-Su SDEU. The investigation, reported by the troopers, was completed on Monday, and on Tuesday morning, at approximately 3:20 am, officers arrested 43-year-old Cameron Holder and 35-year-old Ernest Stidman. […]