(Petersburg, AK) – On Oct. 31, a jury found 31-year-old Kelsey McCay guilty of Sexual Assault in the Third Degree. The conviction relates to a sexual assault at a social event that occurred in September 2019. A Petersburg jury heard from numerous witnesses, including the victim, in the case and deliberated less than 30 minutes […]
Middle school students got an opportunity to engage directly in ocean science as they constructed remotely operated vehicles in February as part of a science class project in Southeast Alaska. Petersburg Middle School science teacher Hannah Smith built ROVs with her students at her previous school in Washington and was excited to try them out […]
JOINT BASE ELEMDORF-RICHARDSON – Water spilled over the edges of the clamshell shovel like a fountain as the crane hoisted the final bucket of dredged material. On Jan. 24, the six cubic yard-scoop of shoal marked the completion of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District’s first project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure […]
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, […]