In late May, the state body charged with oversight of judges and courts cited Judge Dooley for six incidents the commission said may have violated codes of professional conduct.
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Slow or no Internet access hinders remote Arctic communities
Dial-up Internet access is a distant memory for most of us. But slow connections to the web are still a fact of life in much of the far north.
Census area no longer honors Confederate general
Gov. Bill Walker wrote Wednesday to the Census Bureau to begin the process of changing the name from the Wade Hampton Census District to Kusilvak Census District.
Weather temporarily gives firefighters an edge in Aniak
More than 230,000 acres have burned in Southwest Alaska. There are 78 active fires in the region and 317 statewide.
Nome nonprofits ask city for money after being cut from budget
Earlier this month the Nome City Council passed an $11.3 million budget for operations, and saw fit to also drop the property tax rate from 12 to 11 mills. But what wasn’t in that budget was any mention of funding for various nonprofits and other charities in Nome.
Ongoing gear restrictions, wildland fires lead to empty fishracks along the Yukon
While subsistence has been slow, commercial chum fishing was open in the lower river with dipnets and beach seine gear.
U.S. Arctic Research Commission will visit Nome this summer
The U.S. Arctic Research Commission is looking for feedback on any type of research being done in the Arctic—from behavioral health or indigenous languages, to climate change and marine mammals—so they can make funding recommendations to the federal government.
Spay and neuter clinics to travel the Yukon River
Most Alaska villages don’t have regular vet visits. A trip to the vet in urban Alaska can cost several hundred dollars and require multiple flights.
Nome considers new rules for vacant properties
With one-third of the buildings in Nome vacant, dealing with abandoned structures is the number one request from the public.
Wood bison arrive on the Kuskokwim
North America’s largest land animal has made it to the Kuskokwim.