Southeast Alaska tribes say pollution from Canadian mines is violating their human rights. They’re calling on a D.C.-based human rights commission to investigate.
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PFD promise key to Dunleavy’s win in Hoonah
Mike Dunleavy won an electoral majority in 6 of 132 precincts with an Alaska Native majority. One was Hoonah, where the Republican’s promise of full Permanent Fund dividends apparently resonated with voters.
Sitka high school carving class brings serenity to students
Every Friday, after a week of lessons in math, history and science in front of whiteboards, the students of Sitka’s Pacific High School trek beyond the four walls of their classrooms to Sitka National Historical Park.
Haines Hammer Museum adds 1,600 tools to its collection
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of the hammer has over 2,000 tools — and the number nearly doubled Thursday with the arrival of 1,600 new specimens from Arizona.
Poor king run forecast on Taku, Stikine rivers
Alaska fisheries manager project more “conservation measures” in Southeast salmon fisheries next year. The forecast for Taku and Stikine kings is only slightly improved over last year.
Wrangell changes prayer policy for Assembly meetings
The Wrangell Assembly voted to remove the standing procedure for an opening invocation after an Alaska Superior Court judge ruled that the Kenai Assembly’s prayer policy was unconstitutional.