Alaska House votes to fund public schools through 2023
The advance-funding bill, intended to prevent temporary layoffs, now goes to the Senate.
Vaccine hesitancy threatens Alaska pandemic recovery even as supplies ramp up, health officials say
Alaska will soon have enough COVID-19 vaccine available in the state for every eligible resident, the state’s top doctor said.
Anchorage election results are certified and ballots are in the mail for the mayoral runoff. Here’s what happens next.
Meanwhile, a school board seat is scheduled for an automatic recount.
Expedition recovers tons of ‘ghost nets’ and plastic from remote Hawaiian atolls
The crew returned during Earth Week with more than 47 tons of plastics such as buoys, crates, bottle caps and cigarette lighters from uninhabited beaches north of Honolulu.
Biden’s economy shows strength, with businesses rebounding and hunger decreasing
“There is more optimism now,” says a whale-watching tour operator in Seward. But recovery will still be slow as many Americans remain jobless.
How to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine in Alaska
All Alaskans 16 and older are now eligible to get the vaccine.
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D.C. statehood bill passes House, setting up historic showdown in Senate
For the second time in history, the House passed legislation Thursday to make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state.
Missing Anchorage man found dead in Chitina
Ian Lutz’s body was found roughly 70 yards from where his vehicle went into a ditch in early February, troopers said.
Senate confirms Vanita Gupta for civil-rights post as post-Chauvin tempers flare
The key vote of support came from Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
Alaska gas line project left out of Biden administration’s massive infrastructure proposal
The $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan makes no mention of pipelines and discussion about natural gas infrastructure is limited to $16 billion for plugging and abandoning orphaned oil and gas wells and mines.
Alaska lawmakers have 4 weeks to plan a billion-dollar ‘generational change’
Lawmakers face a May 19 deadline to come up with a plan for more than $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid.
Bronson and Dunbar emphasize differences over pandemic, police and other issues in mayoral debate
“We are literally at opposite ends of the spectrum,” Bronson said during closing remarks.
Anchorage voters approved most bond and other propositions in the 2021 municipal election
Voters chose not to fund new police vehicles and some improvement projects for city buildings. Nine other propositions passed.
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