Fairbanks KTVF on MSN2h
Alaska governor proposes new method for picking state judges
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday proposed a constitutional amendment that would give future governors more latitude when ...
KTOO16h
As cross-border relations turn ugly, Alaskans and Yukoners work to stay friends
Higher-level elected officials in Alaska and the Yukon territory also appear committed to maintaining a cordial relationship ...
Juneau Empire on MSN19h
Alaska Legislature votes against inflation-adjusted pay rates for top officials
The Alaska House of Representatives voted 36-0 on Friday to reject a proposal that would peg legislative salaries and the pay ...
Juneau Empire8h
Juneau man with child sexual abuse material conviction arrested again on similar charges
A Juneau man who pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to charges related to child sexual abuse material that originated four years ago was ...
Juneau Empire16h
20-year plan for Alaska Marine Highway envisions better service, if government provides more money
A proposed 20-year plan seeking to restore the ailing Alaska Marine Highway System to a more reliable and sustainable transportation hub calls for, above all, adequate funding for operations and ...
Fairbanks KTVF on MSN14h
Alaska House plans vote on key public-school funding bill
The Alaska House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a bill that would significantly increase funding for the state ...
Chilkat Valley News8h
Ferry ridership up slightly but still down more than half from 1990s
The state ferries carried just over 185,000 passengers and about 65,000 vehicles last year on its routes stretching from ...
KNPR16h
Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that ...
Alaska Native News18h
The time is right to establish the Alaska Department of Agriculture
In the five years since the pandemic upended the world as we knew it, many aspects of our everyday lives have returned to normal. The pandemic and the upheaval that resulted is something many of us ...
KTOO17h
Trump’s cutbacks are a ‘direct threat to Alaska’s future,’ legislative leaders say
Leaders in the Alaska House and Senate say they’re deeply concerned about the impacts of federal staff purges and a ...
Alaska Beacon17h
Alaska Senate approves ‘Women’s History Month’ declaration, sends it to House
The Alaska Senate voted 19-0 on Monday to declare March as Women’s History Month in Alaska. Senate Bill 43, sponsored by Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson, D-Anchorage, advances to the House for consideration. A ...
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman12h
Settlement reached in MSBSD lawsuit regarding students’ rights
Last week, a settlement was reached in a lawsuit in which two students challenged the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School ...