In this newscast: The Alaska Division of Elections posted an updated results tally late last night; A state commission has finally approved the City of Hoonah’s request to form a borough, and now residents of the proposed borough will decided whether to accept it; Someone made a $10 million mistake by buying steel for a critical dock project in Haines; A nonprofit hydropower agency in Southeast Alaska is set to receive $5 million dollars in federal funds to increase its energy generation capacity
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Rumors abound that Dunleavy may join the Trump administration. Here’s what that could mean for Alaska.
Though nothing has been confirmed, the rumor mill is churning.
After decades of trying, state commission approves Hoonah petition to create Alaska’s newest borough
The state will hold a special election for registered voters in the proposed borough to vote on it. If approved, the Xunaa Borough would be the first since Petersburg in 2013.
Juneau’s Aurora Harbor among 6 Alaska coastal projects to split $104M from feds
Other port and maritime projects in Dillingham, Hoonah, Anchorage, Kodiak and Saint Paul will receive about half of the funds.
A dog on Prince of Wales Island is helping to conserve wolves by tracking their poop
If finding wolf poop was a sport, Barley would be its Lebron James and his trainer said it’s an honor to be courtside for his last season.
Begich maintains lead and repeal of ranked choice still passing in updated election results
Nick Begich III now has 49% of first-place votes to U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s 46%, while Ballot Measure 2 is passing by a margin of 1 percentage point.