Chignik Lagoon News

The Alaska Public Offices Commission is deciding if anti-Pebble mine financier Bob Gillam broke election law by having his planes fly a pair of Lake and Peninsula Borough Assembly candidates to villages to campaign and just charging for fuel.

During AFN week, when Alaska Natives from all over the state converge on downtown Anchorage for a weeklong conference, the contents of Laura Stepanoff and Jenny Sam's blue-and-white coolers draw a small crowd outside the doors of the Dena'ina Center.

Troopers said Sunday that efforts to locate a man who disappeared early Friday from a fishing boat in Chignik Lagoon have been unsuccessful.

Back in 1927, the blue Alaska skies, rolling seas and mountain lakes inspired a 13-year-old boy to design a flag for the territory of Alaska.