Walker has teamed up with former state Labor Commissioner Heidi Drygas, who is campaigning to be his lieutenant governor.
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Friends and colleagues remember Tlingit leader Kookesh as a man of the people
Albert Kookesh, the Tlingit leader, Indigenous rights advocate, culture bearer, politician and basketball player, died Friday at 72. His death is reverberating across the state and his home region of Southeast Alaska.
State appeals controversial ballot initiative decision to Supreme Court
State lawyers want the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court’s decision to allow the Stand for Salmon ballot initiative to move forward.
Walker admin appoints climate adviser, promises new policy “soon”
Nikoosh Carlo began work this month in a newly created position: senior adviser for climate.
Tribal leader optimistic after State Department, EPA meeting
Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization says this month’s meetings with the U.S. State Department and Environmental Protection Agency were productive.
Slideshow: Canoe landings kick off Celebration 2016
Members of the One People Canoe Society finished the last leg of their weeklong journey from Angoon to Juneau on Wednesday.
Hundred-year ‘treasure’ of Alaska history and culture opens in Juneau
The ribbon cutting was held on Monday for the new, $139 million Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff Library, Archives and Museum.
Mallott calls new take on timber industry, environmentalism
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott is calling for less confrontation between environmentalists and Alaska’s timber industry. The Ketchikan Daily News reports that Gov. Bill Walker’s lead on timber issues in Southeast Alaska discussed timber policy, the state budget and where he disagrees with Walker while in Ketchikan on Wednesday. Mallot said there is plenty of blame…
Prosperity, mitigating climate change effects covered in Arctic conference
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott was part of Alaskan group participating in Seattle’s Arctic Encounter Symposium.
Tulsequah cleanup won’t restart water-treatment plant
Canadian regulators say the Tulsequah Chief Project, near Juneau, has agreed to reduce pollution leaking into a nearby river. But the mine won’t have to restart a shuttered water-treatment plant.