ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The Wilderness Society Wednesday announced its support for a bill sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that is known as the Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act (S. 1889). The legislation would allow five communities omitted from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to receive settlement land and form corporations, […]
On Saturday, at `12:25 pm, troopers were notified that a property in Saxman had fallen victim to theft and $10,040 was stolen. AST responded and opened an investigation that quickly identified a suspect. Troopers found that 39-year-old Robert Strong had fled the area on foot following the theft. Troopers searched the area but were unable […]
Washington, D.C. – Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) and Representative Pete Stauber (R-Minnesota), last week, issued statements on H.R. 4748, 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 bill, entitled […]
Alaska State Troopers announced the death of a Ketchikan man in custody at the Ketchikan Correctional Center on Sunday evening. According to troopers, they were notified that 43-year-old Landon Morgan, who had been picked up earlier in the day on charges of DUI, had died while in custody. Correctional Officers found Morgan unresponsive in his […]