(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox this week sent a letter to Alaska Airlines seeking clarification of company policies that discourage employees from cooperating with law enforcement efforts to interdict illegal drugs entering Alaska. The letter outlines Alaska’s drug crisis and the state’s unique vulnerability as a geographically isolated destination where virtually all […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday the U.S. Department of the Interior took action to withdraw a controversial Biden Administration decision and reaffirm the State’s territorial jurisdiction over Alaska Native allotments. “We are encouraged that Interior has returned to a position grounded in Alaska’s unique history. The Supreme Court has often said, ‘Alaska is the exception, not […]
[content id=”79272″] Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom awarded Sally Russell Cox with the annual Shirley Demientieff award Friday at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention. Sally Russell Cox has been working with the Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA) for nearly two decades. She manages DCRA’s Community Resilience Programs, that includes serving as […]
With a $12,925 grant from Museums Alaska, the Alutiiq Museum will purchase five works of art for its permanent collection. The pieces are the creations of five different artists with links to Alutiiq culture or to Kodiak. From Kodiak Alutiiq artist Mary Jane Longrich, the museum will purchase Nootka Rose, a contemporary doll made of […]
