Articles from the November 20, 2024 edition


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  • Acting mayor in Southwest Alaska pleads guilty to election interference

    James Brooks, Alaska Beacon|Nov 20, 2024

    Arthur Sammy Heckman Sr. has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of unlawful interference with an election after illegally canceling a 2023 election and hiding the results of a 2022 election while serving as acting mayor of Pilot Station in Southwest Alaska. The Alaska Department of Law announced the plea deal on Nov. 14 by email. It did not immediately answer a request for a copy of the plea deal and associated documents. Pilot Station is a town of about 600 people, on the Yukon River. Heckman and city clerk Ruthie Borromeo were...

  • Southeast programs receive federal grants for Indigenous knowledge of fisheries

    Cordova Times|Nov 20, 2024

    Two Southeast Alaska Native organizations are among seven entities that will share in $1 million in federal grant funds to support multi-year projects through the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Indigenous Engagement Program. Sealaska Heritage Institute was awarded $110,000 to use Indigenous knowledge to document changes in the ocean and marine ecosystems from human and climate-related impacts, to better understand their effects on subsistence resource systems in Native communities. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of...

  • Classified ads

    Nov 20, 2024

    HELP WANTED Johnson’s Building Supply is accepting applications for the following position: Customer Service. Duties include counter sales, freight handling, customer deliveries, stocking and inventory. Full-time position; will require working Saturdays. Valid Alaska driver’s license, must be able to lift 50 lbs., forklift experience a plus, starting pay is DOE. Stop by Johnson’s for an application. LOOKING FOR Wrangell Public Schools is looking for a volunteer crossing guard at the elementary school from 7:40 to 8 a.m. Even one or two days a w...

  • Canadian mining company looks at hydrogen potential of Southeast prospects

    Shane Lasley, North of 60 Mining News|Nov 20, 2024

    A belt of rocks spanning Southeast Alaska hosts at least a dozen prospects and deposits enriched with nickel, copper and platinum group metals (PGM) needed for the energy transition. Granite Creek Copper, a small mining company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, believes a couple of prospects also host hidden stores of geological hydrogen that could offer a clean-burning fuel for the 21st century. The company has acquired two Southeast Alaska PGM projects with “white hydrogen” potential. An element that only emits water vapor when bur...