Alaska Native Corporations

The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida’s broadband service is working to expand access to a federally awarded broadband service in Hoonah, to ensure they can keep the license. “It’s important to defend and keep wireless spectrum in Tribal communities to help uphold and preserve sovereignty and infrastructure,” said Chris Cropley with Tidal Network, the…

As of the afternoon of Jan. 29, the electricity was out to one section of the community, and residents who live in about a dozen homes were evacuated to the local school.

Artists have until Jan. 12 to pitch design concepts for “Together we live in balance.”

Grist reporter Lois Parshley says the saga of the Manh Choh Mine dates back decades, and includes disagreements over who owns the land around Tetlin.

With future phases of the project up for discussion next week, Juneau city leaders hope to get more public input about the proposed parking and retail space nearby.

Assuming the judgment stands, it blocks one possible avenue for forcing a solution to a decades-long saga.

Hoonah’s tiny outlying communities like Elfin Cove, population 24, and Game Creek, population 23, would be included in the new borough’s boundaries.

It’s the latest chapter in the story of a contentious logging operation that many of the corporation’s shareholders didn’t support.

The new agreement pushes back the deadline for opening the gondola by a year, setting it at May 31, 2028. If it doesn’t open by then, Goldbelt can back out.

The West Willoughby Ave. property includes the Driftwood Lodge, the Sandpiper Cafe building and the parking lot in between.