The City of Ketchikan is keeping a close eye on what happens with the head-tax lawsuit, says City Manager Karl Amylon.
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Juneau on Denmark’s radar for district heat plans
Jakob Bjerregaard was visiting from the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. He said more than 60 percent of his country gets heat through district heating.
Weather played a role in Admiralty plane crash
Weather was a factor in the April 8 plane crash on Admiralty Island, which killed the pilot and two passengers and badly injured another person on board.
How a drill rig ended up in no-drill rig zone in Homer’s port
Lawmakers designated Kachemak Bay a critical habitat area in 1974, which was incompatible with Homer Port and Harbor activity. The port director says normal operations technically violated the area’s environmental protections.
Bill to reform minor consuming penalties nears passage
The bill also would let state public safety officials run criminal background checks on applicants for commercial cannabis permits.
Report: Walker’s budget proposals hit poorest Alaskans hardest
The Rasmuson Foundation commissioned the report. Foundation President and CEO Diane Kaplan said the report gives the legislature and the governor a chance to reflect on how their actions will affect different groups.
Spring breakup begins weeks early in Elim
Robert Keith of the Elim tribal office said breakup in the Seward Peninsula community usually comes in May.
King Cove road advocates take plea to Washington, D.C.
“Our lives are minimized, marginalized and in many ways consciously, consciously, determined to be unimportant, to the point where we become faceless,” said Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott.
Industry calls Senate oil tax credit bill ‘bad for Alaska’
As the Alaska House continues its marathon debate on the oil and gas tax credit bill, the Senate is moving its own version forward, hoping to beat the clock with just four days left in the legislative session.
Senate OKs using excess PCE funds for other programs
PCE helps offset the high cost of energy in rural Alaska. Under the bill, when the PCE endowment fund is earning more money than is needed to subsidize rural electric rates, lawmakers want some of the remaining money to go to community revenue sharing and rural energy projects.