Hoonah News

Hoonah's new Chief of Police John Millan hit the ground running when he took the job in November to help build a positive relationship between the police department and the community.

The Hoonah Police Department hosted a three-hour training session last Tuesday to better enable police, medical providers, emergency personnel and counselors to deal with domestic violence from a common approach.

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the weeka s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska.

Recent births at the Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On Jan. 4, 2010, a son, Charles Patrick Begenyi, weighing 8 pounds, 5 ounces, to Eileen Marie and Barry John Begenyi, of Douglas.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka conducted a medical evacuation of an eight-month old child from Hoonah Friday.

The utility that provides power to Hoonah and several other predominately Native villages is seeking electric rate increases of more than 10 percent for communities that already have some of the most expensive power in Southeast Alaska.

A 52-year-old man was found dead Wednesday morning of an apparent drowning in the Hoonah Harbor.

The Coast Guard Cutter Liberty returned to port several thousand pounds lighter last Friday after spending a week and two trips delivering donated blankets, coats and toys to Pelican, Elfin Cove, Hoonah, Kake and Angoon.

Recent births at the Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On Dec. 1, 2009, a son, Atlas Russel Guy, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces, to Erin Nicole Mulkey and Jesse Russel Guy, of Douglas.

Fans at Roughhouse boxing at Marlintini's Lounge were chanting "Hoonah" after the main event, which featured Hoonah's Elijah Sheakley, 31.

Theresa Brown and David Belton, of Juneau, were married Nov. 7, 2009, at Chapel by the Lake in Juneau.

There's a small revolution going on in Alaska right now, one that just may usher in a different way of thinking about and meeting the needs of young children.

A local youth career program brought several high school students to Juneau this past week for a five-day training seminar about employment opportunities in Alaska's high-growth industries.

A 28-year-old woman on felony probation was caught allegedly smuggling more than 2 1 2 ounces of cocaine inside her most private of places into Juneau last month.

The Federal Subsistence Board has closed doe hunting on federal lands on the Northeast Chichagof Controlled Use Area portion of Unit 4 from Nov.

The Coast Guard is recognizing the crew of the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Taku in a ceremony today for their rescue of two men off the fishing vessel Alaskan Pride in Chatham Strait last week.

Seventeen years ago Morgan Fawcett was born bawling and drunk, exposed to alcohol in the womb.

Late Tuesday last week, Capt. Mike Worthington was running the 55-foot Alaskan Pride tender near Funter Bay, about 15 miles south of Point Retreat in Chatham Straits.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On Sept. 25, 2009, a daughter, Emilyn Cescia Aleigha Gutierrez, weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces, to Misty Leanne Dyne and Jose Antonio Gomez Gutierrez, of Petersburg.

Juneau resident: Born in Juneau, lived in Haines, Seattle, and Hoonah. Moved back to Juneau five years ago.