A bill making it easier to build a road to Prince of Wales Island mines has gotten some attention in the nation’s Capitol.
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Steep Creek salmon cam now live
Forest Service is livestreaming an underwater camera from near the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center
City will move to ‘pay and display’ downtown parking
Instead of just registering a vehicle at a parking machine, parkers will have to also put the receipt on the dashboard before continuing on with business. It’s called pay and display.
June unemployment rate continues downward trend
State labor officials say Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was 6.1 percent, compared to 7.6 percent nationally. Alaska’s rate was up two-tenths of a percentage point from May, which state economists say is typical as students enter the workforce and seasonal school employees look for summer work. That may be the case in…
Judge says state violated its own procurement code
The state’s Universal Space Standards policy is already under a microscope. An administrative law judge has said the state violated its own procurement code and, as we reported last week, the state’s biggest employee union recently filed a class action grievance over the new space standards.
AELP to test sirens
Alaska Electric Light and power will test the Salmon Creek emergency sirens Thursday morning at 9 o’clock.
Housing construction increases in the capital city
The city and borough reports an increase in home construction since January.
Hundreds gather for regional economic summit
Hundreds of business and political leaders from Canada, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho have come up to Alaska to talk about what these places all have in common.
Aleut Enterprise charged with criminal negligence in Adak fuel spill
The State of Alaska has filed criminal charges against Aleut Enterprise, a subsidiary of the Aleut Corporation, over a fuel spill in Adak.
Latest shuttle ferry plan closes car deck
The latest design for new shuttle ferries includes covered car decks. But it doesn’t address some other concerns, such as minimal food service.