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Troopers Investigate Grayling Native Store Burglary

By Alaska Native News on May 6, 2015 Calista Region, Rural, Southwest Alaska

Alaska State Troopers are looking for information on a burglary in the community of Grayling on Tuesday. Trooper dispatch reported that they were contacted by personnel at the Graying Native Store at 12:30 pm and were notified that the store had been broken into and burglarized. The caller reported that the burglary occurred sometime between 5 pm […]

Ahtna Brings in Matt Block as New Corporate Counsel

By Iamafana “Fish” Tuimalealiifano | Ahtna Incorporated on Apr 17, 2015 Ahtna Region, Interior Alaska, Rural

Anchorage, Alaska – Ahtna, Incorporated announced that Matt Block has joined the Ahtna team as the new Corporate Counsel. Block will be based out of the Ahtna Anchorage office. Block has been practicing as a business lawyer and litigator in Alaska since 2005. In that capacity, he represented several clients in contract, employment, land use, and commercial litigation […]

Governor Walker Signs Emergency Adoption Regulations

By Grace Jang | Office of the Governor on Apr 17, 2015 Ahtna Region, Aleut, Arctic Slope, Bering Straits, Bristol Bay, Calista Region, Chugach Region, Cook Inlet, Doyon Region, Featured, Interior Alaska, Koniag Region, NANA Region, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, Sealaska Region, Southcentral, Southeast Alaska, Southwest Alaska, State

JUNEAU—Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott took significant steps today to ease the adoption process of Alaska Native children to allow them to stay with relatives or tribal members. Gov. Walker has filed legislation that will to allow for more flexibility in the adoption petition form. This will ensure that the preference for […]

Legislature Brings Alaska Native Corporations’ Rules up to Date

By Jeremiah Campbell | AK Legislature on Apr 16, 2015 Ahtna Region, Aleut, Arctic Slope, Bering Straits, Bristol Bay, Calista Region, Chugach Region, Cook Inlet, Doyon Region, Featured, Interior Alaska, Koniag Region, NANA Region, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, Rural, Sealaska Region, Southcentral, Southeast Alaska, Southwest Alaska

Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska Legislature today, with a vote of 18-1 in the Alaska Senate, voted to empower Alaska Native Corporations with the ability to adjust quorum requirements. House Bill 149, by Representative Lance Pruitt, gives Alaska Native Corporations that were incorporated before July 1, 1989, the option to amend their articles of incorporation, […]