Articles from the February 20, 2012 edition
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By Staff Sgt Karima Turner 
Local 
February 20, 2012 
Guardsmen ready for Afghanistan
Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers from B Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment, are eagerly anticipating their deployment day, scheduled to leave for Afghanistan before the end...
Local February 20, 2012 Kaiser wins first Norton Sound 450
Pete Kaiser of Bethel won the first running of the Paul Johnson Memorial North Sound 450 sled dog race Feb. 12. Kaiser, 24, arrived at the finish line in Nome with his 9-dog team in the early morning with second place finisher John Schandelmeier on...
Local February 20, 2012 Man indicted for killing cab driver
Kyle Motgin has been charged with the murder of Bethel cab driver Young Suk Chong who went missing on Jan. 31, according to KYUK. He is charged with first and second degree murder, robbery, tampering with evidence, vehicle theft and misdemeanor...
Local February 20, 2012 Hout and Williams will serve life
Jeffrey Hout of Bethel and Harry Williams of Kwethluk were each sentenced Feb. 3 to 104 years without parole for killing Benjamin Kaiser of Hooper Bay, according to KYUK....
Local February 20, 2012 Guard parachutes into Red Devil to save a young man’s life
National Guardsmen saved a young man’s life in Red Devil by parachuting into the scene on Feb. 1. The 20-year-old suffering pain and vomiting after a surgical endoscopy needed immediate medical attention in order to survive, according to doctors...
Local February 20, 2012 Edwards dies in snow machine accident
Glenn Edwards, 40, died Feb. 6 when a snow machine he was riding between Holy Cross and Reindeer lake rolled, according to an Alaska State Trooper report. Edwards was not wearing a helmet....
Local February 20, 2012 Friend guilty of musk ox killing
Jonathan M. Friend, 27, of Kwigillingok was found guilty Feb. 9 of taking a musk ox in a closed area and unlawful methods, according to an Alaska Wildlife Troopers. The incident in April involved Friend wounding a musk ox using a .22 caliber rifle...
Announcements February 20, 2012 Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council meets in Bethel
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council will meet at 9 a.m. Feb. 23 at the Bethel Moravian Church Fellowship Hall in Bethel. The council will develop proposals to change federal subsistence regulations for the harvest of fish...
By Elstun Lauesen Opinion February 20, 2012 
The Owner State and Governor Parnell’s oil tax roll-back
The Owner State and Governor Parnell’s oil tax roll-back Note: This article jointly appears in the February 2012 Alaskans United newsletter On Feb. 9, the “Moore Up North” television program hos...
By Philip Smith Opinion February 20, 2012 In reality Republicans are not racists
Editor’s note: The following is a response to the column “What the redistricting trial unmasked is not pretty” that was published in the Jan. 19 LOG. I reject your premise that white Republicans are racist bigots. Your blanket statement, “Of...
Education February 20, 2012 
School make-up days worked out
A make-up schedule for days school was closed due to weather, water and sewer problems has been approved by the Lower Kuskokwim School District advisory school board. The above plan applies to Bethel...
Announcements February 20, 2012 Miners conference set for March 19
Alaska Miners Association is holding the 23rd Biennial Conference March 19-24 in Fairbanks. This year’s focus is Technologies and Challenges for Mining in Cold Climates. The conference and associated events will at the Westmark Hotel on 10th and...
Arts February 20, 2012 Rasmuson Foundation is now accepting nominations for its 2012 Distinguished Artist Award.
Rasmuson Foundation offers one $25,000 Distinguished Artist Award annually in recognition of creative excellence and superior accomplishments in the arts. The award is intended as a validation of the artist’s creative output and contributions to...
By Laine Welch Fishing February 20, 2012 
Sensors monitor door and hatch status
Over half of all fishing fatalities are due to vessels going down, and most of the boats sink because of flooding. The sinkings of the Alaska Ranger and Katmai in 2008, for example, in which 12 men...
By Meghan Nedwick Local February 20, 2012 
Moose management succeeds in the Lower Yukon
Asking people to hunt more moose hardly seems like a problem. But after telling three generations of people not to harvest moose, specifically cows; it may be difficult to tell people to do...
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