(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor Thursday announced a settlement with Bellissima Cosmetics. Bellissima’s salespeople personally solicited consumers to purchase expensive cosmetic products at the Alaska State Fair, yet Bellissima failed to honor Alaskans’ rights to return these purchases within five days. “Alaska’s laws protect consumers in situations where they might be taken […]
The Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College have transferred ownership of an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq kayak to the Alutiiq Museum, a tribal repository and cultural center in Kodiak, Alaska. Made in the mid-19th century, the 14-and-a-half foot, skin-covered boat is a rare example of a complete ancestral kayak. This vessel has been at the center of a […]
KODIAK — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returned to homeport at Coast Guard Base Kodiak on Thursday, following an extended seven-month dry dock maintenance period in Seattle, Washington. While in dry dock, the crew and contractors successfully completed more than $6 million worth of repairs. The engineering department oversaw 76 work […]
SEATTLE — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned to its Seattle homeport Friday following a historic 17,000-mile, 124-day deployment in the high Arctic latitudes that included a transit to the North Pole. The crew’s efforts demonstrated interoperability in the Polar Region, supported U.S. security objectives, and projected an ice-capable presence in Arctic waters and […]
