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The trial for five of the eight men accused of wasting caribou near Point Hope will take place in Point Hope the week of Feb.

Call her "the other Sarah" from Alaska. Like former Gov. Sarah Palin, Sarah James, of tiny Arctic Village, is outspoken about oil and gas development in Alaska.

Two Point Hope men are facing trial on caribou wasting charges after a judge in Kotzebue rejected a defense motion to dismiss their case.

Published: November 3rd, 2009 01:25 PM Last Modified: November 3rd, 2009 01:26 PM Link: Alaska Dispatch As the trial date approaches for the defendants in the Point Hope caribou slaughter , Dispatch correspondent Seth Kantner of Kotzebue writes of villagers' relationship with caribou and about his own family's dependence on caribou meat.

One of the men accused of gunning down and leaving to rot the carcasses of dozens of caribou near Point Hope has agreed to change his plea.

Point Hope caribou case: Waste, wounds and the hunt for truth Published: October 23rd, 2009 08:50 AM Last Modified: October 23rd, 2009 08:51 AM Link: Alaska Dispatch Eight Point Hope men, ages 18 to 30, are due to stand trial Nov.

The treacherous, ice-choked waters off Alaska have long lured risk-A taking fortune hunters seeking furs, fish, or other riches.

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

In Kenai Peninsula College's continuing quest to deliver course materials to students who are already in the workplace, the school has begun video streaming its process technology courses over the Internet so students working rotation schedules can view the lectures while they are on the North Slope, an oil platform in Cook Inlet, or anywhere else.

Opponents of offshore drilling -- including some dressed as salmon and a polar bear -- delivered more than 250,000 postcards and letters to the Interior Department Monday on a proposal to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to oil and gas drilling.

Link: Alaska Dispatch The Native Village of Point Hope wants to know why Animal Planet video footage shot during the Alaska State Troopers investigation of an alleged caribou slaughter near the village last year hasn't been submitted as evidence for the upcoming trial.

A ruling Thursday by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Shell Oil to resume its exploration and development in the Beaufort Sea.

Construction workers doing excavation for Kivalina's new wastewater treatment plant unearthed the skeletal remains of three people believed to be members of a tribal group that lived in Alaska more than 1,000 years ago.

Alaska was on the front lines for the Obama administration, Friday, when it comes to how we protect our oceans.

Here's a great way to undermine political support in Alaska for traditional subsistence hunting: Kill a bunch of caribou, leave many carcasses to waste on the tundra, then claim that the whole thing is just the way subsistence hunting works.

The North Slope Borough has ponied up $56,000 to pay for the legal defense of the eight men accused of wasting the meat of dozens of caribou shot near Point Hope last summer, all of whom appear poised to fight the charges in a court battle to be waged on their home turf, according to documents filed in court.

The North Slope Borough has ponied up $56,000 to pay for the legal defense of the eight men accused of wasting the meat of dozens of caribou shot near Point Hope last summer, all of whom appear poised to fight the charges in a court battle to be waged on their home turf, according to documents filed in court.

The Point Hope residents charged in the infamous mass killing of caribou are of course innocent until proven guilty.

The North Slope Borough has ponied up $56,000 to pay for the legal defense of the eight men accused of wasting the meat of dozens of caribou shot near Point Hope last summer, all of whom appear poised to fight the charges in a court battle to be waged on their home turf, according to documents filed in court.

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has responded to a May 11 request by the U.S. Department of the Interior for clarification of the ramifications of an April 17 court order upholding an appeal by the Native Village of Point Hope and several environmental organizations a.... [additional news subjects in this story] ...