Rural Alaska’s economic and social problems require greater cooperation between Native Corporations and federally recognized tribes, says Tlingit and Haida Central Council President Ed Thomas. “We have very weak rural economies, we have high cost of energy that leads to high cost of living, higher cost of survival in our communities,” he says. Thomas says…
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School budget committee wants public input
Juneau’s Board of Education wants to know what the public thinks about school district spending.
STD cases down; AK still has high rate
The number of sexually transmitted gonorrhea infections in Alaska has decreased, according to the State Section of Epidemiology. Gonorrhea went down 23 percent for the first three quarters of 2011, with 770 laboratory confirmed cases, compared to more than a thousand for the same time last year. The decrease was seen statewide, except the Interior.…
Former mall managers indicted for theft
Paul and Cheryl Hansen are being charged with felonies.
Charges filed against Juneau and Sitka guides
Three Southeast residents face charges related to charter fishing violations.