School administrators, teachers and parents from across the state testified before the House Finance Committee Tuesday in support of increased school funding. Rep. Les Gara’s HB 339 would increase the base student allocation by $100 to $6,030.
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Kake hydro gets boost in governor’s budget
A hydroelectric plant for a small Southeast Alaska community is a step closer to reality. Gov. Bill Walker included funding for Kake’s Gunnuk Creek project in his capital budget proposal.
Appeals court reviews Marvin competency, jury selection process; affirms conviction
John Nick Marvin Jr. was convicted and sentenced to 198 years in prison for murdering Hoonah Police Sargent Tony Wallace and Officer Matthew Tokuoka. They were gunned down as they socialized with family members on Front Street in Hoonah on August 28, 2010.
Students connect with tradition and language at Hoonah culture camp
Over the summer, students in Hoonah attended the Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee culture camp that seeks to help with challenges in life by connecting students with Alaska Native traditions.
State capital budget funds some Southeast projects
Among the funded projects are replacement floats for a harbor in Wrangell, cruise ship dock improvements in Ketchikan and Hoonah and renovation of the headquarters for the Alaska Permanent Fund in Juneau.
Are Hoonah schools the canary in the coal mine for cuts in rural Alaska?
“If the subtleties become so much that the cuts are so deep, then all the sudden somebody is going to go, ‘What happened to that school district?’” warned Hoonah’s outgoing superintendent.
2 hunters rescued, 1 mauled near Hoonah
Two hunters were evacuated from a mountain about 10 nautical miles from Hoonah after one was mauled by a brown bear.
Grounded by fog, would-be travelers watch Huna Tribal House festivities from afar
Hundreds of people gathered Thursday at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to celebrate the opening of a newly completed Huna Tribal House and the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. But not everyone could make it. Tribal members and elected officials were stuck at the Juneau International Airport.
Hoonah car crash leaves one dead
The cause of a Hoonah car crash that killed one is still unknown.
Hoonah’s Native corporation names new CEO
Huna Totem Corp. CEO Larry Gaffaney will leave this fall after seven years on the job. He’ll be replaced by Russell Dick, current chairman of the corporation’s board of directors.