“I think I’m still in shock,” Bea Kristovich said when asked about her new position.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Panel at Bethel convention seeks solution to tribal child welfare problems
Keeping tribal children in their tribal communities is the solution to improving regional child welfare, panelists said Monday at the Association of Village Council Presidents annual convention
Grants boost Southeast tribal justice programs
Three Southeast Alaska tribal governments will boost their justice programs under federal grants announced Wednesday. Fourteen others in Alaska will also get funding.
Denali Commission faces internal hurdles ahead of threatened villages effort
The commission tasked by the president to help Alaska communities threatened by climate change also has it’s own issues to deal with.
Feds: B.C. mines won’t go before international commission
The U.S. State Department will not propose putting Southeast Alaska’s transboundary mine conflict before the International Joint Commission. That’s the U.S.-Canada panel that addresses cross-border water issues.
Murkowski strays from party lines in bid to restore Voting Rights Act
Sen. Murkowski is the first Republican to join more than 30 Democratic co-sponsors on an issue that has divided the two parties.