In this newscast: Peter Pan Seafood announced Friday that it was ceasing operations; A partisan brawl is about to erupt in Congress over the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Alaska’s US senators are seemingly split over it; Tongass Voices: Jeremy Kane on the philosophy of bowl-making
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Capital Transit temporarily suspends 2 routes amid worker shortage
Bus routes 5 and 6 will stop running on April 22.
Tongass Voices: Jeremy Kane on the philosophy of bowl-making
Kane tells his students that even if their creations will go to someone else, they still have to make them for themselves.
Lawmakers weigh whether to reduce or acknowledge rights of growing Alaska homeless population
As the state’s major cities scramble to house people, Gov. Dunleavy’s protest bill would further criminalize the homeless, advocates say.
Sitka’s housing crunch hits tribal citizens hardest, study says
The survey also found that tribal citizens are leaving Sitka at a higher rate than other residents.
Alaska judge strikes down state’s cash payments to families using correspondence school programs
Decision will become a ‘hot-button legislative item’ in final weeks of session, lawmakers say.
What biologists see from the shores of the drying Great Salt Lake
Half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah has now dried up, but scientists say there’s still some time left to reverse its decline.
Alaska House rejects constitutional amendment guaranteeing formula-based PFD
Opponents of the measure said they feared a budget crisis. Supporters said it would spur lawmakers to rewrite the PFD formula.
Newscast – Friday, March 12, 2024
In this newscast: Cancer patients in Juneau who need gynecological surgery no longer have to leave town to get it; The Alaska House of Representatives passed its $6 billion operating budget today
Washington man sentenced to 99 years for murder of Ketchikan surgeon
Judge Michael Wolverton handed down the maximum possible sentence, saying it was one of the most “brazen and craven” acts he’d seen in his 40 years on the bench.