The ‘Quake Cottage,’ an earthquake simulator, is scheduled to visit 10 communities in Southeast Alaska and the Yukon for the first time ever this fall.
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Murkowski on primary campaign tour of Alaska
During a brief layover Wednesday in Ketchikan on her way to Sitka, Alaska’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski talked about the state’s Republican primary campaign, and about the presidential election.
State partially lifts ban on drug felons applying for food stamps
With the signing of Senate Bill 91, the Alaska’s criminal justice reform bill, the state partially opted-out of the 1996 federally-imposed lifetime ban.
Why Juneau’s rape stats tripled in one year
The number of reported rapes in Juneau nearly tripled from 2014 to 2015. That increase is from more rapes being reported, but also because the Juneau Police Department had been undercounting rapes in its annual report.
B.C. mine officials announce new changes to mining code
Two years after one of the worst mine disasters in Canada’s history, mine officials in British Columbia are rolling out new mining codes.
Bartlett continues effort to build a youth psychiatric treatment center in Juneau
Running these services is expensive, and some other organizations in Alaska have tried to provide these services, then down-sized or shut down.
State to close corrections facility after governor’s veto
Inmates will be moved to other corrections centers and halfway houses or possibly put on ankle monitoring, depending on the situation.
Central Council acquires international contracting company
The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is doing something few tribal organizations do.
Federal agency predicts lean oil decades for Alaska
While the EIA baseline case shows Alaska contributing almost nothing to U.S. oil production in a few decades, that’s not the only scenario.
First Buddhist temple in Alaska consecrated in Anchorage
It was a landmark event for Buddhists from the state and around the world.