Alaska News

Alaskans make up half the U.S. cross country ski team – an unusually high proportion.

“My top priorities for this session have to do with keeping our young people here, cost of living, housing is really important. And of course, education and ferries, ferries, ferries,” said Juneau Rep. Andi Story.

Last week, Mayor Beth Weldon told the Juneau Assembly she asked the city’s attorney to draft an ordinance to reduce the status of the board from an empowered board to an advisory board.

Dunleavy did not provide a detailed description of his forthcoming fiscal plan, though some elements of the plan emerged Friday.

Hill is running as an independent. He garnered $200,000 in contributions on Day 1 of his campaign.

Her meet and greet will be at the Crystal Saloon on Front Street, Friday evening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The attempt to override Dunleavy’s veto fell 10 votes short. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon said it foreshadowed difficult debates over the governor’s forthcoming fiscal plan.

Tune in starting at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion with Alaska Legislative Digest Publisher Tim Bradner, KNBA News Producer Rhonda McBride, and Alaska Public Media State Government Reporter Eric Stone before the speech. 

Starting this fiscal year — and every year moving forward — the city will face an estimated $10 to $12 million revenue loss. That’s due to the tax exemption on food and utilities and cap on the city’s property tax rate that voters passed.

Attendees of the Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit say they’re eager to build their own fishing businesses, despite the obstacles.

The lawsuit filed by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and Kuspuk School District seeks an injunction directing the state to fulfill its obligations on funding public schools and providing Alaska students “a sound basic education.”

More than eight years after 19-year-old Kake resident Jade Williams was killed at a party, a man has been sentenced for causing her death.

Rep. Sara Hannan (D-Juneau) spoke with KTOO’s Mike Lane last week just before the session started. 

Lawmakers have the next four months to act on a multitude of issues facing the state, from a possible gas pipeline to the perennial question of how the state will pay its bills.

Jerry Ingersoll talks about the impending consolidation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tongass National Forest Plan Revision.

Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are at high risk of dying.

A bill introduced before the start of the legislative session would help the state pay for action to address expensive and sometimes deadly events like landslides and floods, the sponsor says.

The City and Borough of Juneau named Thomas Hatley as Capital City Fire/Rescue’s new fire chief on Friday.

The school board plans to discuss the state of after-school child care as it decides what to do with $1 million in city funding.

Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of President Trump’s spending- and tax-cut law passed this summer.