The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Tuesday lowered the alert level for Kupreanof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula after weeks of declining activity at the remote peak.

Because of a projected a loss of revenue from voter-approved initiatives to reduce or cap sales and property tax revenue, this year the Assembly evaluated numerous options to find other sources of funding, including what we believe to be illegal transfers of money from two of the city’s “enterprise funds” to cover general government operating expenses. These transfers should be reversed and future transfers discontinued.

The United States is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada, the White House said Tuesday, as the trade war between the two neighbors and longtime allies escalates.

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, along with Southcentral Foundation, has operated the facility for decades, but it was owned until now by the Indian Health Service.

‘We're about $3.2 million short of our budget, but we are about $6 million higher than we expected, given the exemptions’ on food and utilities, finance director says

MV Hubbard and LeConte expected to make runs later this week.

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods kicked in Tuesday, escalating a trade war with one of the largest U.S. trading partners that President Donald Trump continued to antagonize over the holiday weekend.

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Teaching about 9/11 in schools is more important than ever now that about one-third of Americans were born after al-Qaida hijackers crashed planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, the Pentagon and rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A growing majority of states — at least 40 — expect or suggest that public schools address 9/11 in some way, but the provisions vary widely in scope, specificity and framing, The Associated Press has found.

Back in the spring, the city was bracing for a difficult budget year. New food and utility tax exemptions were phasing in, and the forecast was revised sharply downward, from a budgeted $70.1 million to a projected $61 million. That kind of drop naturally raises concerns, and fueled calls for additional taxes that will appear on this October’s ballot.

The Alaska Department of Law conducted a nationwide search to find possible gaps in legally required documents.

Local officials say they weren’t informed before a recent ‘cloud-seeding’ test on the Kenai Peninsula.