Articles from the March 16, 2022 edition
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Legislation would ban marriage by 14- and 15-year-olds
JUNEAU (AP) — A bill in the Alaska House would repeal a provision of law that allows a court to grant permission for someone as young as 14 to marry. House members last Wednesday adopted the repeal as an amendment to a bill dealing with witness r...
Celebration of life for Craig William Campbell on May 7
A celebration of life for former Wrangell resident Craig William Campbell will be held May 7 at the Wrangell Elks Club. He died Jan. 23 in Oregon. Craig was born on April 26, 1945, in Pierre, South... Full story
President bans U.S. imports of Russian seafood
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska’s congressional delegation welcomed Friday’s announcement by President Joe Biden that the U.S. will dramatically downgrade its trade status with Russia as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine, including banning impor...
Shipyard holds ceremony for USS Ted Stevens
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi shipyard workers, Navy sailors and the family of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska gathered for the keel authentication of a ship that is named for Stevens. The ceremonial welding March 9 marked the foundat...
Police report
Monday, March 7 Agency assist: Ambulance. Agency assist: Alaska State Troopers. Intoxicated person. Tuesday, March 8 Traffic stop. Wednesday, March 9 Nothing to report. Thursday, March 10 Animal complaint. Motor vehicle accident: Citations issued...
TSA extends face mask requirement aboard airplanes to April 18
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are extending the requirement for masks on planes and public transportation for one more month — through mid-April — while taking steps that could lead to lifting the rule. The mask mandate was scheduled to expir...
State corrects birth certificate for teen who designed Alaska flag in 1927
JUNEAU (AP) — The state has issued a corrected birth certificate for the teenage designer of the Alaska flag, after researchers who were looking into his heritage found records indicating he was born more than a year earlier than previously b...
National Park Service committed to boosting tribal role in land management
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said March 8 that he and other officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands around the U.S. He told members of a congressional c...
Fewer than 1% of last year's U.S. medical school graduates were Native Americans
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Medical student Fred Blaisdell has a few months to go before anyone calls him doctor, but the Oneida Nation tribal member has already learned one lesson around the importance of Native physicians serving Native patients. D...
California tribe declares state of emergency over missing women
YUROK RESERVATION, Calif. (AP) - The young mother had behaved erratically for months, hitchhiking and wandering naked through two Native American reservations and a small town clustered along...
Easier access to tidelands
Parks and Recreation Director Kate Thomas stands at the tidelands in front of City Park, where the borough plans to build a rock staircase and add a handrail to provide easier access to the...
Congressman Don Young dies at 88
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Don Young, a blunt-speaking Republican and longest-serving member of Alaska’s congressional delegation, has died. He was 88. His office announced Young's death in a statement Friday night. “It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness... Full story
