We’re still sorting out the results of Alaska’s elections. It looks like ranked-choice voting (RCV) is narrowly going down. It looks like Nick Begich III is going to replace Mary Peltola in Alaska’s at-large House of Representatives chair. But nothing is finally decided yet, some of the outlying communities are still outstanding – so we’re crossing our fingers.
This week, we start with a sad item, but it’s something that happens in the Great Land – a fatal bear mauling.
Alaska State Troopers were notified of an overdue deer hunter in the Sitka area on Oct. 29. Alaska Wildlife Troopers, USCG, and Sitka SAR, conducted land-based searches on Wednesday, with three search teams combing in the remote wooded area that they reached with the help of a state trooper vessel and Sitka search-and-rescue vessel.
By 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the…
