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Bucking Trump, Senate FAA bill leaves controllers in place
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
President Trump wants to privatize air traffic control across the country. But the U.S. Senate’s Commerce Committee passed an aviation bill last week that does not include it.
Young drives King Cove road through committee
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
A new bill to create a road for King Cove is advancing in the U.S. House. Like many before it, this bill would authorize a land trade to acquire an 11-mile corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, in Southwest Alaska.
Sullivan asks to nix August recess
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
Congress is now on recess until July 9 in honor of Independence Day but some members are looking ahead and asking to cancel their August break.
Walker signs Alaska state budget day before it starts
Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signed the state operating budget Friday without vetoing any of it.
Wrangell contract talks resume, strikers return to work
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Wrangell Borough officials are returning to the bargaining table.
Motives of armed Northway suspect unclear after fatal police shooting
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
There was a funeral service in the village of Northway on Friday for a man shot by police in Fairbanks earlier this month. 21-year-old Mathew Colton Stover of Northway died in a confrontation with FPD officers in a field next to Fairbanks Correctional Center on June 19th. Questions remain about Stover’s motivation and what happened with police.
Shareholder unrest shapes Shee Atiká meeting
Emily Kwong, KCAW – Sitka
Tension between a Native village corporation and its shareholders has reached a boiling point. Shee Atiká called Sitka police to their annual meeting, saying threats had been made against staff and the board. But shareholders have a different story: one of raising their voices against a corporation in financial free-fall and calling for new leadership.
UAF research vessel begins ecosystem study in Bering and Chukchi Seas
Davis Hovey, KNOM – Nome
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has begun a new, comprehensive ocean ecosystem study on the Bering and Chukchi Seas.
Alaska Farm to School receives USDA grant, will focus efforts on Bristol Bay
Avery Lill, KDLG – Dillingham
A USDA grant will fund the state coordinator position for the Farm to School program for two years. Getting more locally grown produce into Bristol Bay schools will be a primary focus.
Brain injury survivors use mask-making to shed light on hidden trauma
Henry Leasia, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
An Anchorage woman has started a series of mask-making events to help people understand the challenges of brain injuries. Unmasking Brain Injury is a new project that lets people with cognitive disabilities from brain trauma share their experiences through art.
