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For months, a dispute between federal and state education officials has escalated over whether Alaska equitably funded schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite the rapid succession in less than a week is abnormal, such interceptions are viewed as routine and not a threat
The city is planning to open 500 winter shelter beds in late October, according to a top administration official.
Bronga endorsed Yarrow Silvers, who announced her intent to run. Silvers became a regular presence during pandemic-era Assembly meetings and as a critic of the Bronson administration.
The pilot, an off-duty Yute employee, and passengers including another employee and a former employee, were going moose hunting, authorities said.
$52 million in projects was rejected by federal highway administrators as the state’s delayed and bungled 4-year transportation plan continues to cause problems.
The Wood Mackenzie report also says Cook Inlet gas could be depleted in about a decade. It was commissioned by the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.
The plane, a type of experimental aircraft that resembled an extensively modified Piper PA-12, crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday morning, the NTSB’s Alaska chief said.
Writer Merle Colby penned a guidebook to Alaska that was published in 1943 as part of the Federal Writers’ Project. Many of his observations still hold up well today.
There’s also a new marijuana dispensary. And Cafecito Bonito might close, or not.
The worsening liability has the potential to affect core municipal services such as snowplowing and police response times, according to findings by the LaFrance administration’s review of transition reports.
Chugach Electric said the outage, which also knocked out power to several traffic lights, was resolved by 7 p.m. Friday.
The pilot and sole passenger of the aircraft were found dead after it crashed near Tustumena Lake, Alaska State Troopers said.
The decision follows accusations from the city’s former finance administrator that Mayor Tariek Oviok misused public funds, as well as escalating tensions between the mayor and the council over the resulting investigation.
Peter Boyer, now indicted on federal charges of carjacking and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, was sentenced to spend 18 months in prison on state charges connected to the January incident.
Four pedestrians have died so far this week in the Anchorage area after vehicles struck them.
A state review found Alaska State Trooper Gabriel Holmann was defending himself and others when he killed 67-year-old Kirk Medak at South Kasilof Beach in July.
Eric Hafner will remain on Alaska’s ballot despite serving a 20-year prison sentence in New York.
An Alaska Airlines spokesperson said the pilots recognized “a potential traffic conflict on the runway” and “immediately applied the brakes to prevent the incident from escalating.”
Such referrals by the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Courts are rare. This one comes amid calls for greater consequences for courthouse workplace misconduct.
Anchorage officials said crews are moving the popular path away from a bluff that’s been crumbling for years.
The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether Eric Hafner, a Democrat serving a 20-year prison sentence in New York, can remain on Alaska’s ballot.
Another preliminary report issued Wednesday detailed more information about Saturday’s helicopter crash at the Naknek River near King Salmon.