Anchorage – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement after the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) announced $20 million in emergency funding to help 16 Alaska Native villages that were facing severe shortages of basic, necessary supplies. The funding includes $4 million for immediate relief, delivering essential resources such as heating fuel, water, and firewood […]
Alaska State Troopers were notified at noon on Sunday of a Yute Air Cessna crash 10 miles south of Bethel. Prior to AST notification, local pilots from Bethel responded to the scene. Six persons were reported as being in the aircraft at the time of the crash. All were successfully rescued and no injuries were […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]NCHORAGE – BLM Alaska conveyed 39,995 acres to the State of Alaska in the Goodnews Bay area recently pursuant to the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959. This is the largest single conveyance of land to the state in eight years. “This conveyance is just one of many we anticipate in the near future,” said Ted […]
Troopers reported on Wednesday, that remains have been recovered in the vicinity of Platinum that are believed to be those of 74-year-old Henry Williams of that village. Williams went missing on February 27th after he left Goodnews Bay enroute to his home in Platinum. Ground searchers, as well as aircraft were deployed in the the search […]