This story was originally published by ICT. WASHINGTON — Even in the fight to decolonize data, Abigail Echo-Hawk thinks about how she’s counted, whether that’s on a census form, in the doctor’s office or for a survey. She’s a citizen of Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma and a member of the Upper Ahtna Athabaskan people of […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Environment & Natural Resources
Sitkan Escapes Injury as Tree Crushes House
A Sitka man narrowly escaped serious injury when gale-force winds early this morning pushed a large Sitka Spruce tree onto the roof of his home at 504 Charteris Street. Sam Skaggs told the Daily Sitka Sentinel on Monday that he was in bed and sleeping through the wind storm when he realized a tree beside […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Environment
‘Explosion’ of invasive European green crabs reported in Southeast Alaska
When a young Sealaska intern walking a beach in July 2022 found the first evidence of European green crab presence in Alaska – a discarded shell on a beach on Annette Island in the state’s far southeast corner – it was an ominous sign about the invasive species’ northward spread. Since then, the Metlakatla Indian Community, the tribe […]
Posted inObituaries, Southeast News
Pete Carran, longtime Juneau radio journalist and hall of fame broadcaster, dies at 77
Pete Carran, an Alaska hall of fame radio journalist for more than five decades who spent most of his career in Juneau, died Wednesday at the age of 77. Carran, who spent 15 years in Anchorage working in radio and television after being honorably discharged from the military in the late 1960s, moved to Juneau […]
Posted inNews, Education, Alaska Legislature
Legislature’s education task force to hear recommendations Thursday at Capitol
Highly expected recommendations such as better pay for teachers, along with some perhaps unexpected suggestions such as getting rid of the Alaska Reads Act, are set to be presented to the Legislature’s Task Force On Education Funding on Thursday at the state Capitol. The meeting scheduled to start at 10 a.m. is the first in […]
Posted inLocal News, Environment & Natural Resources
24-mile boat launch could shut down
The popular 24 Mile boat launch could be shut down, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials say, after an inspection showed the launch area and its access road run through salmon spawning habitat. The area has been used as a boat launch for decades — at least 40 years, local sportsmen say. It’s not […]
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Olerud left his mark on Haines
Dave Olerud, 88, died Oct. 3 at home of natural causes. He was born Oct. 17, 1936, in Boyd, Minn., and came to Haines in 1964 to teach school. Olerud founded the Alaska Bald Eagle Foundation and the family owns Olerud’s Market Center and the Alaska Sport Shop on Main Street, businesses that he and […]
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Sportfish manager position remains empty, no coho surveys for the year
Hiring for a key position in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Haines office, vacant since February, has been slowed by budget worries, Fish and Game regional coordinator Patrick Fowler said this week. The department will not begin recruiting for the position until at least early next year. The position, previously held by management […]
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Duly Noted: pasta, predicting the future, your inner monster, and more
Silent auctions were all the rage last weekend. The UGLYS’ Cancer Fund and the HARK Spay-ghetti fundraiser were both well attended. The Haines branch of Tongass Federal Credit Union partnered with the UGLYS of Haines Cancer Fund for a silent auction, raising $8,205. Tongass FCU hosted the event and agreed to match $4,000, but when […]