A federal lawsuit arguing that tribal members of the state’s sole Native reservation shouldn’t need state permits to fish outside the reserve’s marine boundaries was dismissed Wednesday.
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The district says Lougee was hospitalized on Tuesday. She had recently returned to work from bereavement leave after losing her husband, David, last month to complications from COVID-19.
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Alaska State Troopers reported Tuesday that authorities had seized a half pound of heroin and more than 200 illicit pills during a Friday bust at Ketchikan International Airport.
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City officials in Ketchikan are proposing changes to the city’s per-passenger tax for cruise ship visitors. There’s been pushback from the cruise industry.
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“We look at three main areas — we always say, you know, man, machine environment,” said Clint Johnson, head of the Alaska region for the National Transportation Safety Board.
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