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Alaska’s March job are up over 2021, but still below pre-pandemic levels
Alaska had about 6,800 more jobs last month than in March 2021 but about 11,900 fewer jobs than in March 2019, before the pandemic.
Alaska Redistricting Board adopts new maps that link part of Eagle River, South Anchorage and Girdwood
The new plan would join part of the Eagle River area with south Anchorage and Girdwood for one Senate district and another part of the Eagle River area to an area that includes a military base for another Senate district.
Dogs owned by Iditarod musher Jessie Holmes kill family pet
Jessie Holmes was staying with his dog team at a Wasilla hotel when he let the dogs loose to relieve themselves.
Alaska youth league drops sex abuse from liability waiver
The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches updated its form Monday after growing complaints were posted on social media.
Alaska Legislature not on track to finish work in 90 days
Lawmakers last finished within the 90-day limit in 2013, according to statistics from the Legislative Affairs Agency.
ConocoPhillips Alaska says gas release source is controlled
The release was first detected last month at one of the company’s North Slope drill sites.
Interior Secretary Haaland to visit Alaska this month
The Interior Department says Haaland plans to visit “several communities and sites” in Alaska the week of April 17, including Anchorage, Fairbanks and King Cove.
Utah climber fined, banned for making false rescue claim
A Utah physician was fined and banned from climbing Denali for five years after he made false claims to get himself and his friends rescued off the mountain.
Washington is the first state to create an alert system for missing Indigenous people
The law creates a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states.
10 candidates file to fill Don Young’s unexpired term as deadline looms
Candidates face a Friday deadline to file with the state Division of Elections to run in the special primary, set for June 11.
Alaska House dealing with COVID-19 outbreak
Alaska House Speaker Louise Stutes said masks will be required in the House chambers until further notice, citing COVID-19 cases.
Independent Al Gross to run for US House seat in Alaska
Gross made an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate in 2020.
Iditarod punishes 3 mushers for sheltering dogs in windstorm
Mille Porsild of Denmark, Michelle Phillips of Canada and Riley Dyche of Fairbanks were penalized for taking dogs inside shelter cabins to ride out the storm with winds so strong, they whipped up white-out conditions.
Crews remove snow from damaged Alaska pipeline oil tanks
More than four feet of snow fell in Valdez over the last month, causing a buildup of snow that damaged infrastructure and vented petroleum vapors into the environment, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.
Alaska House passes bill to end marriage for 14-15 year olds
The bill repeals a section of law that spells out a process under which a court can grant permission for someone as young as 14-years-old to marry.
Alaska lawmakers back call to supply military aid to Ukraine
The measure was approved on a 34-1 vote. The lone dissenting vote came from state Rep. David Eastman, a Wasilla Republican.
Alaska lawmakers weigh proposed health department split
Reorganization of what is now the state’s largest department has been billed as a way to improve operations and delivery of services.
Alaska Airlines suspends partnership with Russian airline
Alaska Airlines said Tuesday it is temporarily suspending its partnership with Russian airline S7 over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Disaster declared after sewage lagoon breach in Hooper Bay
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has approved a disaster declaration for Hooper Bay, after the community’s sewer lagoon breached.
US to build new border station near Tok
The funding for design and construction of the ALCAN Border Station will come from the federal infrastructure law.