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The proposal, to be discussed next week, follows the board’s decision last year to sharply limit the representative’s role.
Richard Best, 54, was arrested for operating under the influence in October 2022 after Anchorage police observed him driving nearly 100 mph on the Glenn Highway, charges say.
The Assembly resolution, approved Tuesday, reaffirms support for the proposed corridor envisioned between Seward and Fairbanks.
A long stretch of the Seward-Fairbanks route would fall in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where a proposed Assembly resolution opposes National Scenic Trail designation.
Officials say the training, provided through a $75,000 program approved last week, is intended to make up for limited law enforcement in the region.
Two candidates including Anchorage’s deputy city manager were finalists for the position to replace retiring City Manager John Moosey.
A route from the Mat-Su College trails to the Crevasse-Moraine system abruptly ends in a construction zone — for now.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety plan to expand tribal arrest authority over a roughly 68-square-mile area near Sutton was supposed to start next month, before community pushback derailed the effort.
The one-day Midsummer Garden and Air Faire, with 70 vendors, brings thousands of visitors to the Mat-Su city every July. The chamber’s decision comes as it hopes to focus more time on other core objectives.
The $25 discount is available only to people who own residential property in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
The program, which begins in mid-May, will let volunteers take borrowed shelter pooches on hikes.
The city is planning an $18 million facility with reading areas, an outdoor balcony, and meeting rooms after a partial roof collapse closed the prior library last year.
Some local rescue organizations are expressing concern that the decision to enforce a pre-existing policy could put animals at risk.
A letter the city council sent Tuesday to Attorney General Treg Taylor also asks for guidance on whether librarians could be arrested for letting minors check out the books.
Alaska State Troopers hope the agreement, which could take effect this summer, will help fill a law enforcement shortage in Mat-Su.