Dunleavy cuts $87.5 M out of education funding
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signed the fiscal year 2024 state operating and capital budgets into law, with no specific comment about the $87.5 million...
Statewide job growth increased slightly in May
State labor officials said Alaska’s overall job count edged up by 5,800 or 1.8% in May of this year from that of May 2022....
Behind the scenes at the mortuary
Submitted by the City of Cordova and the Cordova Community Medical CenterLittle is known about the process behind the scenes dealing with the aftermath...
Chugach, Copper River census areas allocated PILT funds totaling $1.8M
Interior Department officials are distributing $35.4 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) to eligible local governments in Alaska, including $1,307,831 to the...
Reauthorization of Rural Energy Savings Program proposed
Legislation to reauthorize the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. It would provide no-interest loans...
Old Crow Medicine Show will headline Salmonfest 2023
Salmonfest, the annual music and more festival on the Kenai Peninsula, has announced that headliners for the Aug. 4 to Aug. 6 festivities will...
The ups and downs of washboard roads
While driving Alaska’s graveled highways, people sometimes wonder how an unpaved road can turn into a bed of corduroy. Keith Mather had the same question...
Over $1B committed to enhance broadband in Alaska
Federal officials have announced over $1 billion in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for Alaska to build out the...
Alaska House Coalition urges override on governor’s budget vetoes
Members of the Alaska House Coalition are urging a special session of the Legislature to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes on education, childcare, workforce...
Alaska granted $1.1M for safe rural drinking water
Alaska has been granted $1,157,000 as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s $50.4 million in annual funding to states and territories for communities...
