Anchorage natural gas company ENSTAR is asking state regulators to allow it to bill its customers to recover $1 million in costs from last year’s major earthquake.
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Rule change for SNAP work requirements would disqualify some Alaska recipients, providers say
“We know many, many people are going to lose benefits because of this,” says Cara Durr with the Food Bank of Alaska.
Salmon returns are down in Metlakatla. These junior scientists are discovering possible reasons why.
With warmer conditions, there’s less dissolved oxygen in the water. Salmon can have a tougher chance at survival.
Taku Glacier, once the Juneau Icefield’s last advancing glacier, is now in retreat
A soon-to-be-published scientific paper says climate change has taken its toll on the now-shrinking Taku Glacier from the Juneau Icefield.
PFDs, state funding at risk if Alaska Permanent Fund earnings reserve falls to zero, board hears
The problem could happen if there are poor results from fund investments, like stocks.
Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019
In this newscast: Several service members are hospitalized after a small Coast Guard boat collides with a small Navy boat near Kodiak, about 24 marine highway system employees will be “relieved of service” after the ferry Aurora is put in layup, the University of Alaska Board of Regents rejects a consolidation plan the Legislature had backed, Gov. Mike Dunleavy asks for public input on a bill to set up a framework for tribal governments to operate K-12 schools, the latest quarterly report from the company trying to get the proposed Pebble Mine permitted flags significant cash flow problems, the family of former Juneau man Cody Eyre files a wrongful death lawsuit after law enforcement shot him to death in Fairbanks, upcoming research will show the last advancing glacier off the Juneau Icefield is now in retreat, the annual holiday open house at the Governor’s Mansion is scheduled for Tuesday, and new research documents a spike in emergency room visits for mostly minor injuries that correspond to the rise of smartphones.