The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the budget includes $327 million in state unrestricted general funds. This year’s state appropriation is a $10 million increase from last year’s state funding.
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California man pleads guilty in Alaska meth conspiracy case
Alfonso Francisco Sandoval, 31, and Arthur Ruben Castillo, 31, were arrested in October following an investigation by state and local police and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
Explore Fairbanks signs deal with China marketing company
Explore Fairbanks’ lead promoters on May 25 signed the contract in Beijing while part of Gov. Bill Walker’s 12-day “Opportunity Alaska” trade mission to the country.
Alaska man faces murder charge in death of baby daughter
A criminal complaint states that James Lee Jimieson, 22, of Fairbanks took the baby to a hospital on May 11, saying she was lethargic and wouldn’t eat, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
Petersburg teen fined $3,000 for intentionally running down deer
Alaska State Troopers say the 17-year-old boy on Tuesday pleaded guilty to harassing game and taking game with a motorized vehicle.
No ID made of human leg found last year in Gastineau Channel
Investigators determined the leg with a boot, found a year ago, had been in the channel for more than 10 years
Alaska lawmakers approve funding to test rape kits
Juneau Empire reports the funding boost this week will help pay to send the kits to outside labs to examine the untested DNA evidence from sexual assault cases over the past several years.
Alaska dive fishermen plead for relief from sea otters
Sea otters have come back from the brink of extinction along Alaska’s Panhandle, but fishermen who dive for crab and other shellfish are seeking relief from their voracious appetites.
Alaska marijuana business license applications piling up
The number of applications for marijuana business licenses is outgrowing the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office’s approval system.
German museum returning looted items to indigenous Alaskans
A Berlin museum is returning wooden masks, a child’s cradle and other items plundered from the graves of indigenous Alaskans by an explorer sent by its predecessor in the 19th century.