 12/06/09 "We recognize your sacrifice" - these are the words we spoke as we read the names of the 129 sailors and aviators who died in the sinking of the U.S.S. Gambier Bay at the Battle of Samar, in the Philippines, during World War II.
 11/09/09 JUNEAU - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty will collect blankets, coats and new toys through Dec. 7 in an effort to donate needed items to villages throughout Southeast Alaska.
 11/08/09 Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, said Friday he will run for a full four-year term in the Alaska Senate, following his appointment by former Gov. Sarah Palin on the last day of this year's legislative session in April.
 11/07/09 The Alaska Federation of Natives has collected $100,000 to push for changes in subsistence management and enforcement. AFN Co-Chairman Albert Kookesh says regional Native corporations are the first to contribute to the war chest. The state senator from Angoon and Sealaska Corporation board president is one of several of Alaska Native leaders cited this year [...]
 11/06/09 Two Native leaders from Southeast Alaska that attended Thursday's meeting in Washington, D.C., among President Obama, his administration and hundreds of tribal leaders reported feeling extremely optimistic about the direction federal-tribal relations are headed.
 11/06/09 The city of Angoon has been granted a preliminary permit for the Ruth Lake hydropower project.
11/06/09 Meeting with tribal leaders from across the country Thursday in Washington, D.C., President Obama heard calls from Alaska Natives for help combating suicide, coastal erosion and offshore drilling.
 11/06/09 JUNEAU - Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty will begin its 12th annual Southeast Alaska Blanket, Coat and New Toy Drive today.
 11/05/09 JUNEAU, Alaska - The city of Angoon has been granted a preliminary permit for the Ruth Lake hydropower project. The 20 megawatt hydropower project is designed to produce low cost electricity...
 11/05/09 JUNEAU - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Liberty is scheduled to begin its Annual Southeast Alaska Blanket, Coat and New Toy Drive on Friday in an effort to collect donated items that will be provided to villages throughout Southeast Alaska. The community outreach drive runs through Dec. 7.
 10/24/09 The Alaska Federation of Natives will debate a subsistence resolution October 24, organizers said. But thick tension appears to surround the issue. ANCHORAGE, Alaska- (KTVA-CBS 11 News) - The Alaska Federation of Natives will debate a subsistence resolution October 24, organizers said.
 10/24/09 Addressing the Alaska Federation of Native's conference Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called the federal subsistence system broken as he pledged an overhaul.
 10/21/09 Residents of rural Alaska may find it difficult enough to keep up with their shopping, let alone stay current with their preventative medical care. But for 17 years, the mobile mammogram van has brought breast cancer screening directly to women of Southeast Alaska's rural communities.
10/19/09 Alaska Native leaders expect the push for rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights to resurface this week as a major theme at the state's largest gathering of indigenous people.
 10/07/09 The trial of Alaska state Sen. Albert Kookesh, cited in July for a subsistence fishing violation, has been delayed until Jan. 4.
 10/05/09 Associated Press - October 5, 2009 9:34 PM ET SITKA, Alaska (AP) - The trial of Alaska state Sen. Albert Kookesh, cited in July for a subsistence fishing violation, has been delayed until Jan.
 10/04/09 SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Health Promotion, Diabetes and Lifestyle Balance programs will host the second annual "Just Move It" day of activities on Saturday, Oct. 10, in five communities throughout the region.
 10/01/09 The trial of Sen. Albert Kookesh, D-Angoon, and three co-defendants over subsistence fishing violations will not take place on Monday as previously scheduled.
 08/14/09 The Alaska Legislature confirmed Eagle River's Craig Campbell as the state's new lieutenant governor by a vote of 55-4, Monday.
 08/13/09 August 13, 2009. As expected, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conducted a random drawing on Wednesday to break the tie between competing bids for the proposed hydroelectric power project at Ruth Lake in Southeast Alaska. |