WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board concluded the formal public hearing proceedings into the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel Scandies Rose today. The joint investigation board reviewed and considered evidence related to the loss of the fishing vessel, which occurred on Dec. 31, 2019. The board heard from 43 witnesses, […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, announced her resignation Thursday, the first Cabinet secretary to resign because of Wednesday’s deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters. Chao, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is a close Trump political ally, said she was “deeply troubled” by […]
Before there were pick-up trucks, there was the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq angyaq (open boats). Crafted explicitly for heavy seas, and mass transportation, and made from local materials, these historic skin-covered boats were used in Sugpiaq society for harvesting and traveling. Angyaq were owned by families. The Alaska State Committee on Research honors the creativity, traditional ecological […]
JUNEAU, AK (January 28, 2020) – Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribe of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) announced the promotion of Will Ware to Chief of Project Development. In this new capacity, he will oversee current projects such as Tlingit & Haida’s Cultural Immersion Park, land development of the Kowee Creek […]