Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), Thursday issued statements on legislation that would allow the Alaska Native communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Tenakee to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The […]
JUNEAU – A Haines man was sentenced Thursday to 2 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for drug conspiracy. According to court documents, Fredrick Daniel Folletti, 63, of Haines, Alaska pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy involving the transportation of 79.67 grams of actual methamphetamine from Washington state to Haines, Alaska. Folletti facilitated […]
Proposal would prevent price hikes, service cuts resulting from privatization JUNEAU – The Department of Administration is currently advancing a plan to privatize Division of Motor Vehicles offices in Eagle River, Homer, Tok, Valdez, Delta Junction, and Haines, which would result in steep price hikes on Alaskans. In response, legislators will be introducing a bill […]
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists an injured man who was mauled by a bear while backcountry skiing near Haines Saturday. The man was flown to Juneau and placed in the care of awaiting EMS. (U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Air Station Sitka) HAINES, Alaska — The Coast Guard hoisted a man from backcountry near Haines […]