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Alaska to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month under new law
Alaska will recognize Hispanic Heritage Month under a new law signed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
May 132 min read
Juneau athletes chase track and field school records
Weekend volunteers needed to help with largest influx of Southeast competitors.
May 138 min read
Juneau lawmaker’s bill seeking to stabilize education funding passes House, faces Senate hurdles during last week of session
HB 261 by Rep. Andi Story allows districts to budget on enrollment from past years rather than current year; change projected to boost funding to schools by more than $100M a year.
May 124 min read
Juneau middle school students learn traditional Lingít carving ahead of Celebration
More than 100 middle school students in Juneau are getting hands-on experience to learn about traditional Lingít carving by crafting their own canoe paddles in the classroom.
May 121 min read
State could spend nearly $200M on oil exploration, leasing in Arctic refuge
Alaska’s economic development agency, AIDEA, wants to conduct geologic testing on its existing oil leases — and to bid on new ones — in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
May 124 min read
Cost of Iran war rises to $29B as US gas prices spike
The cost of the Iran war has increased to $29 billion to date, Pentagon officials told lawmakers in both chambers Tuesday.
May 123 min read
Alaska Legislature considers exempting some Native corporations from public disclosure
Current law requires them to share financial information publicly if they have more than 500 shareholders.
May 124 min read
Tech vendor sponsored revenue chief Adam Crum’s nonprofit, then he awarded $80M+ in state contracts
New documents reveal a cozy relationship between former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum and AI investors, preceding three government contracts worth more than $80 million. The latest revelations fall into a pattern of Crum awarding contracts to people who align with his interests.
May 129 min read
A long straw as a glacial flooding solution
Drilling a tunnel into Suicide Basin would drain it from below. But how about draining it from the top?
May 122 min read
Trump FDA chief is leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups
The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists and other allies of President Donald Trump.
May 124 min read
Dimond Park Field House isn’t the problem. The river is.
At the Assembly’s recent budget hearings, person after person stood up to testify in defense of the pools, the field house, the programs that make Juneau the kind of place people stay. I don’t fault them for that and understand why those programs are so important. But not one of those speakers mentioned the flood.
May 124 min read
Police blotter for May 10
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
May 121 min read
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