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Funding was also included in the budget to keep the state’s gas line corporation open for another year.
Supporters say providing contraceptives for 12 months at a time would be particularly impactful for women in rural Alaska.
Contractors and equipment and have been staged on site and ready for weeks — starting at a cost of about $100,000 per day for the idle resources, according to a city memorandum.
More than 250 stations make up Alaska’s seismic monitoring network. Each presents its own challenges.
The House and Senate are advancing competing bills to ensure correspondence schools can continue to operate amid the legal challenge.
Around $500 million in state general funds was approved for spending on infrastructure and maintenance in a 39-1 House vote.
LaFrance brought in more donations from individual donors, and is spending down those funds more aggressively than Bronson’s campaign is, as the May 14 deadline to vote approaches.
The provision to increase taxes on the operator of Prudhoe Bay was removed after a fierce lobbying campaign.
NANA regional corporation said that it won’t renew the land-use surface permit it issued to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.
The bills before the Legislature are intended to facilitate the delivery of lower-cost power between Homer and Fairbanks, and integrate more renewable energy into the Railbelt’s electric grid.
The National Weather Service said precipitation is expected to fall as rain in the Anchorage Bowl until Friday.
The special meeting followed the release of internal emails in which a top financial manager for the fund raised ethical concerns about Vice Chair Ellie Rubenstein.
The owner of the dogs says he wants them back and that three dead puppies and an adult found on his Caswell Lakes property last month did not belong to him.
The tracks, meant to better prepare students for the job market, could have a significant impact on how education is structured.
The two largest credit rating firms noted growing state budget reserves and progress on future North Slope oil projects.
Bob Griffin was removed from the state board of education and Mike Porcaro was removed from a paid position with a commercial fishery commission.
Abatement of a large camp near Cuddy Park enters its second week.
A newly hired cruise employee was arrested by the FBI in Juneau after he repeatedly stabbed a woman receiving medical attention on the ship and two security guards who tried to stop him, federal prosecutors said.
Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson “has transitioned out” of the role, according to a memo to staff sent by ANTHC, which operates the Alaska Native Medical Center. Natasha Singh will serve as interim chief executive.
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.
Bills aimed at boosting the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous People response must clear House to become law.
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority did not identify specific projects or a timeline for spending
The House Finance Committee approved the most school maintenance funding since 2011.