My career has been in water quality, split between chemistry lab work and field sampling, and water quality management for the state. I also did a stint on the Assembly and at some point I realized that my attraction to working in government was driven by the same curious part of me that led me to a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony precedes the first day of school for 1st-12th grade.

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Workers ‘replacing six anchor chains, stabilizing the terminal float, and repairing the damaged concrete abutment’

Both Alaska’s U.S. senators expressed support for the nomination of Kyle Reardon, a magistrate judge and former federal prosecutor.

JDHS football team returns to Anchorage to face storied East High.

Annual event is the ‘seminal moment’ in week-long training visit.

The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending.

Only five of 50 legislative races had more than four candidates in Tuesday’s top-four primary election, but there were some surprises.

A federal judge in the District of Columbia issued an order Wednesday blocking U.S. Health and Human Services from implementing sweeping changes to grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while a lawsuit proceeds, but dozens of existing grants that were canceled this summer will remain so for now, unless the administration chooses to reinstate the funds.

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Newspapers used to stand tall in their communities across the country, Alaska included. But now they stand like stricken spruce trees, falling victim to declining revenue and readership, much like trees decimated by spruce beetles that feed on the vital, inner layer of wood.