The cities of Palmer and Wasilla had elections on Tuesday. Palmer voters approved an ordinance prohibiting smoking in the workplace and in public places, and elected Richard Best and Kenneth Erbey to three year terms on the Palmer city council. 19.6 percent of Palmer registered voters made it to the polls. They approved a ballot proposition eliminating the city magistrate’s court, but turned down a ballot proposition that would have eliminated language in the city charter pertaining to damages claims against the city.
In Wasilla, 16. 2 percent of city voters turned out at the polls. Steven Lovell took 53 percent of the vote for Wasilla city council seat A, defeating Taffina Katkus. A. Clark Buswell the third and Brandon Wall ran unopposed for seats B and F.
Election results are unofficial until certified.
APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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