Legislators Say No To Energy Break
House Speaker Mike Chenault says there will be floor sessions and committee hearings during the first week of March. His counterpart in the Senate, Charlie Huggins, has also resolved to work through Energy Council.
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Democrats Offer Their Own Education Package
Alaska Minority Democrats today offered their own education package that includes an increase in base student allocation and allows charter schools to be located within neighborhood schools when space is available.
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Alaska Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments On Parental Notification Law
The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit that halted a voter-passed law requiring health care providers to notify parents of minors before performing abortions.
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Accuser Absent at Tosi APOC Hearing
Mao Tosi's campaign for an East Anchorage Assembly seat was under scrutiny by Alaska Public Offices Commission Officials on Thursday. They held a hearing to address allegations of 15 violations filed in a complaint Tuesday.
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Walter Soboleff: ‘He Fed The Spirit Of People From Many Walks Of Life’
A bill to establish Walter Soboleff Day in Alaska cleared a state House committee on Thursday, after lawmakers on the panel heard heartfelt testimony from the late Tlingit elder’s friends and family. The bill does not have any more committee stops before a vote on the House floor.
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Iron Dog Racers Depart Nome
Early Thursday, pairs of snow machines began zipping out of Nome to continue the second leg of the 2014 Iron Dog Snow Machine Race.
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First Section Of Denali National Park Road Remains Open
The first section of the road into Denali National Park is open. The 90-mile road is usually closed beyond the park entrance area during the winter, but as of this past weekend, it’s being kept plowed to mile 12 at the Mountain Vista rest area.
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Anchorage Police Nab $400K In Drugs
A California man faces federal charges after Anchorage police arrested him trying to retrieve cocaine and heroin that had been shipped to a motel.
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Trial Delayed In Coast Guard Shooting Case
The trial of a Kodiak man charged in the fatal shooting of two men at a Coast Guard station has been postponed.
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Salty Dog Rally Swaggers To Southeast This Summer
The Salty Dog yacht rally is coming to Alaska this summer. Wrangell is the official end point of the rally and will be the hub of boats and merriment for four days in June.
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Alaska News Nightly: February 20, 2014
Legislators Say No To Energy Break; Democrats Offer Their Own Education Package; Dry Well Forces Buccaneer to Abandon West Eagle #1; Alaska Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments On Parental Notification Law; Accuser Absent at Tosi APOC Hearing; Walter Soboleff: ‘He Fed The Spirit Of People From Many Walks Of Life’; Iron Dog Racers Depart Nome; First Section Of Denali National Park Road Remains Open; Anchorage Police Nab $400K In Drugs; Trial Delayed In Coast Guard Shooting Case; Salty Dog Rally Swaggers To Southeast This Summer
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U-Med Access Route Design Dependent On Wetlands Permits
Earlier this week DOWL HKM engineering and the Alaska Department of Transportation held an open house at East High School, presenting the preferred U-Med Access route.
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Geese in Petroleum Reserve Find New Habitat Amid Melting Sea Ice
The U.S. Geological Survey says melting Beaufort sea ice is creating new habitat for geese on the North Slope. That could have implications for conservation inside the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Search Crews Find Missing Nunapitchuk Man Deceased
Search and rescue crews have found the body of Wassillie Berlin. Searchers found him deceased on the trail between Atmautluak and Bethel. The Nunapitchuk man was reported missing by his brother on Saturday. Crews had found his snowmachine earlier.
Breath of Fresh Air
Thanks to the Lower 48 taking on our Polar Vortex - winter here in Fairbanks has been perfect: mostly warm, with plenty of snow for skiing and other winter recreating. It’s been good for chickens too.
Maybe not for outside frolicking, but they haven’t reached that level of coop-fever that drives them out into the snowy yard.
Read more. Bush Pilots Hit Hard By New Interpretation Of Tax Law
Alaska air taxi operators say the IRS has re-interpreted tax law for their industry, hitting some Bush pilots with tax bills of up to a million dollars. Alaska’s federal lawmakers are asking the revenue office to back off until they get some answers about what the rules are. The unexpected burden is driving some air carriers into debt or out of business entirely.
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Ketchikan Assembly Nixes Draft Letter To Gov. Parnell
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly members had a spirited discussion Tuesday night over a letter that had been submitted by two Assembly members as a suggested response to Gov. Sean Parnell’s comments in the community last week.
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YK Delta Teen Smoking Rate Well Above National Average
A Mayo Clinic study of teen smoking rates in the Yukon Kuskokwim delta region found young people there use tobacco at high rates. Nearly 30 percent of 11 to 14 year olds and 63 percent of high school students use tobacco, compared to less than 20 percent of teens nationally. Dr. Christi Patten is the lead author of the YK Delta study. She says focus groups with kids in the region helped them design the intervention program for the youth, but the results were not good.
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Alaska Senate Opposes Creation Of Beringia International Park
The Alaska Senate has unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Beringia International Park – an idea agreed upon in 1991 by then-Presidents Bush and Gorbachev.
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Juneau Childcare Workers See Higher Wages
Juneau childcare workers are getting paid more and staying in their jobs longer than they were just a few years ago. That’s according to an organization that runs a pilot program designed to improve access to childcare in the Capital City.
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