Lawmakers consider relaxing conflict of interest rules for game and fisheries boards
Alaska’s House Fisheries Committee is considering a bill that would allow Board of Fisheries and Board of Game members to join discussions even if they’ve declared they have a financial stake in the matter.
Alaska prisons to resume attorney visits after year-long ban
As of Wednesday, attorneys can meet with their clients in person again — as long as they are fully vaccinated, wear masks and talk through a plexiglass barrier.
Lawmakers advance bill to hike Alaska’s lowest-in-the-nation gas tax
Most of the revenue from the bill would go toward highway maintenance. And it enjoys wide support from business and industry groups that say it would help reinvest in Alaska’s road infrastructure.
Senior aide to Alaska Senate president recovering from severe case of COVID-19
Micciche said Konrad Jackson’s case was linked to a legislator who tested positive. Jackson spent a week in critical care and is still in the hospital.
With rising oil prices, Alaska’s government is forecast to receive millions in revenue
The forecast doesn’t account for $1.13 billion that the state is set to receive from the federal relief law enacted earlier this month.
More babies are being born too early in Alaska, health department says
It’s hard to nail down one cause of preterm birth or why numbers are going up, but it can be an indicator of other health problems in play.
Juneau’s COVID cases and vaccination numbers are trending in the right directions
Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink and local experts will be available for the community’s vaccine questions on March 24.
Wasilla man arrested, charged with participating in US Capitol siege
A statement from an FBI agent said there’s probable cause to support charges Aaron James Mileur, of Wasilla, entered the Capitol with an intent to disrupt Congressional business.
Skagway Traditional Council program teaches schoolchildren about salmon
Salmon in the Classroom lets kids follow the salmon life cycle, up close and personal.
Without Iditarod fanfare and ‘Mardi Gras of the North,’ Nome businesses expect financial losses this year
The City of Nome and many commercial establishments expect to take a financial loss this year as one of Nome’s biggest tourist events falls casualty to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Juneau still on hydropower, even after controlled avalanche took out transmission line
AEL&P can still pull power from Lake Dorothy and Snettisham southeast of Juneau because one of the transmission lines runs underground below Gastineau Peak’s Snowslide Creek.
Skagway charters private catamaran to replace canceled ferry sailing from Juneau
The boat departs from Allen Marine’s Auke Bay dock today at 1 p.m.
Hilcorp seeks permit for offshore survey
Hilcorp purchased several blocks of federal leases in Cook Inlet in 2017, but before it can even think about exploring for oil and gas there, the company has to survey for potential geological hazards in the area.
Late winter snowstorm in Ketchikan wreaks havoc on land and sea
Ketchikan residents woke up this weekend to find their homes, cars and roads covered in as many as 20 inches of heavy, wet snow.
Alaska GOP censures Murkowski for defying Trump and vows to work for her defeat
The Alaska Republican Party’s central committee passed a long resolution on Saturday criticizing the state’s senior U.S. senator for taking multiple anti-Trump positions.
Attorney General Taylor says ending Alaska’s leading status in sex crimes is priority
Taylor noted that the Department of Law’s budget request includes 10 new prosecutors and nine new support staff that would focus on sex crimes.
Bartlett Regional Hospital cited for infection control issues
Infection Preventionist Charlee Gribbon says inspectors found that the hospital has good policies but wasn’t always following them.
Alaska Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan vote to confirm Haaland to lead Interior department
Alaska Congressman Don Young, who worked with Haaland on the House Resources Committee, also endorsed her confirmation.
LISTEN: Small temperature changes on flanks of volcanoes could signal eruptions years in advance
UAF and NASA scientists found slight increases in radiant heat around volcanoes years before they erupted.
Two Alaska Senate staff members test positive for COVID-19
Nine total staff and lawmakers have tested positive so far this year.