Stories include Rep. Les Gara of Anchorage announcing his retirement, updates on races for House Districts 33 and 35, the passing of Yupik storyteller John Active, approval of new contract for Bartlett Regional Hospital employees, and preliminary results of necropsy of male humpback whale washed ashore near Point Young on Admiralty Island.
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Haines Assembly member files to run for Alaska House District 33
Haines Borough Assembly member Tom Morphet wants to step into the state Legislature to tackle issues he doesn’t feel can be dealt with on strictly a local level.
Bartlett hospital workers to get pay increase in new labor contract
Workers at Juneau’s hospital will see a gradual pay raise over the next three years. The negotiated contract is projected to increase labor costs by about $4.1 million at the public hospital.
Growing group of Native veterans paddles to Celebration while raising awareness
Ahead of Celebration in 2016, Dennis Jack of Angoon organized a canoe group with seven veterans paddling. This year, the combat veteran says there’s 22.
Remembering the YK Delta’s Native media pioneer John Active
Yup’ik storyteller, culture bearer, translator and longtime KYUK radio and TV host John “Aqumgaciq” Active died June 4 at age 69. His broadcasting career at KYUK began in the early 1970s, and he is celebrated as a pioneer in Native media.
Newscast – Monday, June 4, 2018
Stories include the University of Alaska budget that was approved by Regents, man allegedly starting fights downtown gets stabbed, suspect in a Home Depot theft gets arrested, California man pleads guilty in Alaska meth conspiracy case, and an electric utility warns Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta residents about necessary repairs to home electrical equipment.