The Parnell Administration is trying to explain a proposed 249 percent increase in licensing fees for real estate professionals. The Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing plans to raise the license fee from $275 to $685. Legislators have been getting lots of complaints about the increase. In a House Finance Commerce Subcommittee hearing yesterday…
Rosemarie Alexander
Coast Guard rescues Wrangell man
A Coast Guard helicopter this morning (Tuesday) pulled a Wrangell man from his boat this morning as it was sinking. Forty-seven-year-old Lester Kuntz was rescued in Keku Strait, just south of Conclusion Island. The Coast Guard launched an unsuccessful search for him yesterday after he was reported missing. Spokeswoman Charley Hengen says Kuntz had been…
Douglas Post Office update
Douglas Post Office users likely will not know if their store will stay open or be closed until sometime next year. The first public comment period on the proposal to close the downtown Douglas facility ends November 7th. That’s 60 days after more than 150 people packed a community meeting to oppose the idea. U.S.…
Alaska ranks first among states for gun deaths
Alaska ranks first in the number of deaths caused by guns, according to 2008 data released by the CDC. A corresponding analysis indicates the states with the highest rates also had the highest gun ownership. The Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C. says those states have lax gun laws. The CDC has been collecting data…
Worl AFN Citizen of the Year
Sealaska Heritage Foundation President Rosita Worl is the Alaska Federation of Native’s Citizen of the Year.
Lund honored at AFN
SEARHC President Emeritus Ethel Lund, of Juneau, has received an award for her work in protecting and promoting respect for Alaska Native women and children.