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The governor cut over $200 million from the operating and capital budgets with his veto pen.
The court declined to rule on whether correspondence allotments could be used at private schools, sending the question back to a lower court.
Officials say Anchorage likely now has more latitude to clear any encampments that it deems problematic and unsafe, even without shelter beds to offer homeless campers.
The new rule would bar sport hunters from using bait, such as bacon grease, pastries, syrup or dog food, to attract bears, the agency said.
Mallott will replace longtime president Julie Kitka, who said earlier this year that she would step down after decades leading the state’s largest Alaska Native organization.
The river, swollen with snowmelt, has come within “a stone’s throw” of the highway at Mile 76, state transportation officials say. They are monitoring two other locations.
The decision could impact any federal agency decision challenged in court, including those related to fisheries, resource development and the environment.
The federal government rejected a permit for the road to mineral prospects, and retained protections against drilling and mining on 28 million acres in Alaska.
A commercial fisherman spotted Carl Nunn’s body near Point Protection last week, Alaska State Troopers said.
Timothy Bogus-Erwin, 35, was also accused of groping two other women and exposing himself on Tuesday in West Anchorage neighborhoods, according to a criminal complaint.
In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the high court reversed a ruling in an Oregon case by an appeals court that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
The 28 million acres under consideration stretch across five regions in Alaska, including the Bristol Bay watershed, one of the world’s biggest salmon spawning grounds.
People from around the world gathered for a World Refugee Day celebration at the Grow North Farm in the Mountain View neighborhood.
The case could determine the fate of a publicly funded homeschooling option used by more than 22,000 Alaska students.
The day commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., and has become a broader celebration of Black freedom and a marker of the struggle for equality.
Roughly 20 houses were threatened by the Globe Fire along a 9-mile stretch of the Elliott Highway on Thursday, BLM Alaska Fire Service officials said.
The deal, which must be cleared by state regulators, would expand the Texas-based independent’s Alaska operations to the offshore Oooguruk and Nikaitchuq oil fields.
Virginia McClure led the city’s libraries after a tumultuous period for the institution under Mayor Dave Bronson.
An investigation into the cause of the fire in the Western Alaska village was underway Thursday, Alaska State Troopers said.
Festivals celebrating Pride, the Korean community and all things mountain bike are on tap this weekend. Plus, the Scottish Highland Games are happening in Palmer.
The decision could change the system created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act more than 50 years ago.
A year into the crisis in Alaska’s $6 billion commercial fishing industry, there are some signs of recovery. But major threats persist, many of which fishermen feel powerless to affect.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing “blatantly violated” regulations by providing investigative information to the media and speculating about causes of the Jan. 5 door plug blowout on a 737 Max 9 in Portland.