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Southeast Alaska’s regional Native corporation could acquire more federal land under a bill introduced by Congressman Don Young. Sealaska hopes to select second-growth timberland on Prince of Wales Island that is now part of the Tongass National Forest. It also wants a number of sacred sites and other cultural properties throughout the region.

Southeast Alaska’s regional Native corporation will soon know whether shareholders descendents will become stockholders themselves.

Juneau-based Sealaska will count ballots on the descendents measure at its annual shareholders meeting Saturday in Anchorage. Supporters say it will share the wealth with generations of younger Natives with Southeast roots. Opponents say it will dilute original shareholders’ dividends and political power.

Prosecutors continued revealing their case Thursday in the Jason Coday murder trial in Juneau, presenting the last of eyewitnesses and moving to physical evidence.

Coday is accused of murder and misconduct involving weapons for using sawed-off rifle to fatally shoot a construction worker at the back of Juneau’s Fred Meyer store last August. 26-year old Simone Kim, a painter from Anchorage, was talking to a pair of tree trimmers when he was killed.

Southeast Alaska’s regional Native corporation is taking applications for its annual scholarship program. The scholarships help shareholders and their families cover the cost of college or vocational school.

Southeast Alaska’s regional Native corporation is taking applications for its annual scholarship program. The scholarships help shareholders and their families cover the cost of college or vocational school.

Southeast Alaska’s regional Native corporation is taking applications for its annual scholarship program. The scholarships help shareholders and their families cover the cost of college or vocational school.