A Massachusetts-based alternative energy start-up wants to tap Gulf of Alaska waves to generate electricity for Yakutat. The community-backed project just won a key federal permit. But it still faces substantial barriers.
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Seeking comprehensive energy solutions in rural Southeast
It’s no secret that the high cost of energy in rural Alaska is a barrier to economic development and one of the primary reasons many residents are leaving village life behind.
Yakutat cold case still headed for a November trial
Robert Dean Kowalski is accused of causing the death of Sandra Perry at the Glacier Bear Lodge in July 1996.
Connections and coincidences in cold case coming to court
Judge assigned to Yakutat case had defended another man accused of separate shooting at a nearby lodge just months later
Montana convict charged with homicide for 1996 Yakutat death
Robert D. Kowalski has been charged with first and second degree murder in connection with the death of Sandra M. Perry.