Alaska News

The Central Bering Sea Advisory Committee will hold public meetings in Bethel this Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss a range of fisheries related topics.

The Kodiak Island Borough has a new mayor. Assemblyman Dan Rohrer left his assembly seat in order to take over from Jerrol Friend, whose term expired this month and who had served as borough mayor since October 2013. Rohrer ran unopposed at the recent municipal elections and won 1,983 votes.

Two ordinances regarding Nome city sales tax are in the second reading phase for tonight’s City Council meeting. One ordinance, if passed, would amend the deadline to apply for a sales tax exemption, and the other would increase the seasonal sales tax.

Southeast’s largest tribal organization will soon be able to offer an alternative to the court system for some criminal cases.

Joe Nelson of Juneau said many in the delegation felt strongly that the position should be filled by a tribal representative.

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The Presbyterian Church officially apologized to indigenous people across the country during a gathering of Alaska Native people this weekend. For decades the church took part in the forced removal of children from their homes and families.

Polls show the presidential race is unusually tight in Alaska. Juneau residents attending two election events shared their opinions on the polls and the candidates.

Kids attending the Homer Folk School learn everything from making apple juice to building kayaks.

Bethel has made more than a quarter of a million dollars from its 12 percent sales tax on alcohol since legal alcohol sales began in April.

A National Weather Service meteorologist says warm ocean temperatures and less sea ice suggest this year’s winter could be close to normal.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has ordered that Native communities and their traditional ecological knowledge be considered in future federal land management decisions.

The first marijuana shop in the state has its license to open and it’s in Skagway. The Remedy Shoppe must now wait for the state to give the green light to marijuana testing facilities before its shelves are stocked.

Sen. Dan Sullivan said he is trying to make Congress aware of more than 30 villages that still don’t have running water or sewers.

The legislature that voters send to Juneau in January will be very different than the one that left in July.

Wielechowski has been in the news this year for filing a lawsuit to keep Permanent Fund dividends whole.

The Anchorage race between Republican Cathy Giessel and independent Vince Beltrami could help determine the balance of power in the state Senate, and how Alaska takes on its fiscal crisis.

Nineteen-year-old Dallas Roberts grew up in St. Paul attending Bering Sea Days. After a year at college, he’s back in the Pribilofs teaching kids about the island’s greenhouse.

Longtime Skagway Assemblyman Dan Henry resigned his seat this week, less than a month before he goes to prison. In February, Henry pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.

Law enforcement lead several people away in handcuffs Thursday afternoon in what appeared to be a raid in the Alaska State Housing Authority, or ASHA housing neighborhood, in Bethel.