The couple took hundreds of thousands of dollars and used it to retire early and buy a home in Texas. “So when it comes down to it, what we learned throughout this lawsuit was that these individuals, the Siglers. . .they took 63% of all of the assets that Neva had on hand, not counting her house,” said Beth Goldstein, an attorney with the state’s Office of Public Advocacy.
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A salmon hatchery operator in Prince William Sound has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for hazardous waste violations. Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation pled guilty to illegally burning fuel and waste at its hatcheries, which led to a worker being seriously injured.
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Yakutat's village corporation, Yak-Tat Kwaan, Inc. cites opposition to the Khantaak logging operation as its reason for shutting down. Yet, shareholders say the corporation set itself up for failure by taking out loans, acquiring equipment, and getting into more debt without communicating with shareholders.
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The US Forest Service is proposing to restore land on an island in the Tongass National Forest that has been logged in past decades. The federal agency wants this 23,000 acres of developed land to match the wilderness area that surrounds it.
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