One of a few thousand notices mailed out was a test in encouraging people to pay fines — a departure from the nondescript, text-heavy collections letter city treasurers had been sending out for years.
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Skagway Assembly frustrated by disagreements with White Pass on potential lease
Some Skagway leaders are growing frustrated with what they see as an unproductive back-and-forth with White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad. What started as a hopeful process aimed at a new tidelands lease has now turned into something close to a stalemate.
Pebble shows first glance at its new mine plans
Pebble CEO Tom Collier began the roll out of Pebble Mine’s new design early Thursday morning in Anchorage. The company is focusing on a much smaller footprint in the Pebble West deposit only.
ANWR advances with GOP budget
The U.S. House on Thursday passed a budget plan that could open the door to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The vote was 219-206. Eighteen Republicans joined the Democrats in voting “no.”
Climate change roundtable puts Alaska contradictions on full display
The room included people who depend on oil for their livelihood, and those coping with the impacts of climate change on the ground – represented at the same table, sometimes by same person.
ANWR takes tiny step down rocky Senate road
The effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling made a baby step forward Wednesday in the Senate, with the debut of a Republican budget plan in a committee.
As anger over crime boils over, Alaska lawmakers weigh changes to law
Lawmakers are trying to balance a body of research that supports changes they made last year, with the outrage about the current rise in crime.
AlexAnna Salmon’s bold advocacy for a way of life
This summer AlexAnna Salmon of Igiugig quietly agreed to join the newly formed Pebble advisory committee. The decision was not an easy one for the young leader and mother of six, especially after she saw what happened to Kim Williams. Williams was ousted as the director of Nunamta Aulukestai, and the Bristol Bay Native Corporation…
Tillerson says he never considered resigning, doesn’t deny calling Trump a ‘moron’
The secretary of state denied a report that he considered stepping down, but did not deny that he called the president a “moron” after a hotly political speech before the Boy Scouts over the summer.
Edwardson upsets incumbent Assemblywoman Debbie White
Political newcomer Rob Edwardson defeated Juneau Assemblywoman Debbie White in a major upset. The two other incumbents secured their seats for another three years.