Flooding that damaged portions of the Richardson Highway has temporarily closed the road while crews from the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities work to replace culverts.
The 2022 session of the Alaska State Legislature has ended, and in the final days of the session, the Alaska Reads Act was approved by both the House and the Senate.
It’s been just over six months since the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, became law in the U.S.
The nation-wide formula shortage has been affecting families nationwide since February with people and organizations in Alaska having a very hard time finding formula.
On Tuesday, April 26, Governor Mike Dunleavy announced a lawsuit seeking recognition of Alaska’s ownership of its submerged lands at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
Seismic activity near Edgecumbe Volcano is nearly back to background levels, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory, but scientists have now completed an in-depth analysis that shows new information for the island near Sitka.
As part of its Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative, the Alaska Department of Public Safety has appointed former state trooper Anne Sears as its leader.
Just one day ahead of what is expected to be a massive memorial service at Anchorage Baptist Temple to honor the late U.S. Rep. Don Young, dozens of people filed for office to fill his seat.
Tensions are flaring in the Alaska House over masking rules imposed during a COVID-19 outbreak, with floor sessions cut short or canceled and minority Republicans decrying what they call delay tactics with the chamber yet to debate a state spending package.
Two prominent candidates who had announced plans to run for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat also intend to run to serve out the remainder of the late-U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing a temporary suspension of Alaska’s 8 cents per gallon motor fuel tax until June 2023, according to a letter he sent to the state Alaska House of Representatives on Friday.
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Governor Mike Dunleavy held a press conference on Tuesday, March 8 discussing Alaska’s response to the situation.
Protecting oneself from scammers is what Consumer Protection Week is all about. The State of Alaska warns residents to be aware of when you should and should not give out your personal information over the phone.
The Alaska House Finance Committee is working on a budget bill that currently contains a Permanent Fund dividend check and an additional, one-time “energy relief check.”
The Alaska Senate Finance Committee has started hearing two new bills that would rewrite the 1982 statutory Permanent Fund dividend formula in different ways.
An Alaska legislative committee has approved a $100,000 contract to hire a third-party law firm to investigate the circumstances around the ousting of Angela Rodell, the former executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that disasters took place in 14 fisheries across Alaska over the last four years, and will be eligible for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disaster declaration funding requested by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
