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Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: It was an eventful first week of session. Using every parliamentary tool available to us, the House Coalition was able t...
Ketchikan apartment fire results in arson arrest
A Ketchikan woman faces a felony charge of first-degree arson after allegedly setting several small...
Governor wants to take over appointment of entire ferry system advisory board
Unless the Legislature decides otherwise by mid-March, Gov. Mike Dunleavy will take over appointment of the entire nine-member Alaska Marine Highway...
Despite educators' pleas for changes, school funding bill advances closer to Alaska House vote
The Alaska Legislature’s big education funding bill will reach the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives by next week, a leading Republican... Full story
Capitol Updates
Dear Friends and Neighbors: Greetings from Juneau! The 2nd session of the 33rd Legislature started...
Peter Pan's King Cove plant will stay closed this winter as fishing industry turmoil spreads
In a major hit to Southwest Alaska’s fishing industry, Peter Pan Seafood Co. will keep its huge plant in the village of King Cove shuttered this...
Alaska lawmakers open new session with House failing to support veto override effort
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers opened a new legislative session Tuesday, with the House failing to support an attempt to override...
Energy relief 'bonus' dividend looking smaller
This fall’s energy relief payment, which would go out along with the annual Permanent Fund dividend, is looking smaller than expected several...
Officials continue looking at why jetliner lost a door panel inflight
The Boeing jetliner that lost a door panel inflight over Oregon on Jan. 5 was not being used for fli...
Application period open for 43rd year of Permanent Fund dividends
Almost 110,000 Alaskans applied for the fall 2024 Permanent Fund dividend in the first eight days after the application period opened on Jan. 1....
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy's budget has millions for education, but no increase to funding per student
Gov. Mike Dunleavy said education is among his top priorities in the coming fiscal year. He proposed spending millions on education, but did not... Full story
Postal Service proposes new, higher-cost zone for Alaska and Hawaii
Alaskans could pay significantly more next year for mailing packages to, from and within the state with two price increases planned by the U.S....
Alaskans again wait months for food stamps
Nikita Chase doesn’t have a Christmas tree yet this year. She said she is more worried about staving off an electricity shutoff notice than getting... Full story
Next summer's draft ferry schedule same as this year
With the rusty Matanuska out of service pending repairs, the Kennicott scheduled for tie-up due to lack of crew and the Tazlina in the shipyard to...
National conservation group now supports landless Natives legislation
The Wilderness Society conservation group has changed its position and now supports a bill that would create five new Alaska Native corporations in...
State forecasts average pink salmon harvest in 2024
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced it expects Southeast Alaska commercial fishermen next year will harvest around 19 million pink...
State Board of Fisheries votes down tighter regulation of sport Chinook catch
The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted 4-2 against requiring in-season management to more effectively hold the sport fishery Chinook catch within its...
Man kills bear in self-defense after goat hunt in Haines goes awry
A Haines man says a mix of ignorance and bad luck on a recent mountain goat hunt led to his killing of a brown bear in self-defense and potentially...
Haines Assembly ends assessor's contract after 600 residents petition for removal
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to end its contract with assessor Michael Dahle at the end of the year after nearly 600 residents...
University of Alaska Southeast fisheries program attracts more students, and not just from Alaska
Now in its 15th year, the applied fisheries program at the University of Alaska Southeast draws students from across the state and across the...
Alaska minimum wage set to increase in new year; additional hikes proposed in ballot initiative
Alaska’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1, 2024 from $10.85 to $11.73 an hour, in accordance with a law put in place by a 2014 citizen... Full story
The rules for Christmas tree cutting in Tongass
For some, the holiday spirit doesn’t kick in until the evening of Dec. 24, when the stockings are already on the mantle. For others, Christmastime...
Debate over Pebble mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region moves to dueling Supreme Court briefs
The company trying to build a huge copper and gold mine in the salmon-rich Bristol Bay will keep fighting for the project, despite a decision by the... Full story
Salmon returns to Alaska's Bristol Bay expected to drop to more normal levels next year
After recent years of record or near-record runs and harvests, Bristol Bay sockeye salmon numbers are expected to return to more average levels next... Full story
Alaska governor's staff deleted state agency's analysis of teacher pay
Staff for Gov. Mike Dunleavy quashed the publication of a new Department of Labor and Workforce Development report examining the competitiveness of... Full story