Alaska National Guard to provide aid for Biden inauguration
About 80 Alaska National Guard members volunteered to provide assistance for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
Effort to recall Dunleavy begins anew
Statewide efforts to oust Gov. Mike Dunleavy are underway with renewed effort to garner the remaining 22,000 petition signatures allowing for a special election in 2021.
Morris named as new CFO for Koniag subsidiary
Koniag Government Services has announced the promotion of Jeannette Morris to chief financial officer of the Chantilly, Virginia firm, which provides professional services to federal government agencies.
Legislators plan to introduce PFAS bills in both houses
Sen. Jesse Kiehl and Rep. Sara Hannan, both D-Juneau, say they plan to introduce bills during the current legislative session to protect Alaskans from adverse health impacts of unregulated toxin substances.
New acreage will be for cultural, historic preservation uses
Chugach Alaska Corp. has purchased over 150 acres of surface and subsurface estate at Point Martin at the edge of the Copper River Delta and transferred the property to the Chugach Heritage Foundation for future cultural and historic preservation uses.
Election reform bill would expand voter access
An election reform bill prefiled by Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, would expand voter access via voting by mail and modernize Alaska elections.
Biden calls for moratorium on ANWR
A day after the outgoing Trump administration issued nine leases for oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain, the incoming Biden administration moved to halt that exploration process.
Update: Statewide COVID-19 infections reach 53,487
Update: Infections of the novel coronavirus in Alaska have reached 53,487, with a total of 89 new novel coronavirus infections documented on Tuesday, Jan. 26 by state health officials, the second day in a row with under 100 new infections reported.
Alaska to investigate issuance of offensive license plate
An Alaska department plans to investigate the issuance of “3REICH” personalized license plates, while a spokesperson for Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Dunleavy removed a member of Alaska's Human Rights Commission for comments she made about the controversy.
Update: Statewide COVID-19 infections reach 54,351
Update: Infections of the novel coronavirus in Alaska have reached 54,351, with a total of 137 new infections documented on Sunday, Jan. 31, by state health officials.
