Both candidates for House District 33 on next week’s general election ballot are new to campaigning.
State Government
Once forbidden, Alaska’s Native languages now official state languages
When American missionaries began arriving in Alaska in the 1880s, it was the beginning of a very dark era for Alaska Natives around the state.
Juneau Votes State Candidate Forum Monday, Oct. 27
Meet some of the candidates running for State House and State Senate on Monday at a Juneau Votes State Candidate Forum.
AFN president publicly criticizes Parnell for appealing subsistence rights case
Kitka asked convention delegates if it mattered to them that a candidate for public office has actively attacked subsistence rights.
AFN president: Scheduling error canceled Sullivan-Mallott forum, not Sullivan
The president of the Alaska Federation of Natives says Republican lieutenant governor candidate Dan Sullivan is not skipping out on a convention election forum as a press release from the Alaska Democratic Party claims.
Talk of Alaska – Special
On Wednesday morning at 10 on KTOO, there will be a special Talk of Alaska, featuring gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker.
Same-sex marriages can resume Monday
It’s a state holiday, so couples who applied for licenses earlier this week will have to wait until Monday to pick them up.
Gov. Parnell appoints 3 Southeast residents to state boards
Larry Gaffaney of Juneau, Wayne Nicolls of Juneau and Bill Moran Jr. of Ketchikan were on the list of appointees to state boards.
Anchorage Press: Leaked investigations detail ‘rampant sexual misconduct’ in National Guard
The investigations tell of four sexual assaults and many incidences of sexual harassment against “fellow soldiers, new recruits, and civilian women, including high school JROTC cadets.”
Cost, avalanche danger high on Juneau Access opponents’ concerns
At a public hearing, locals spoke out nearly 4-to-1 against transportation officials’ effort to extend the capital city’s main road 48 miles farther north.