Oil Tax Revenue Expected To Decline By $2 Billion
The State of Alaska is expecting to take in $2 billion less in oil taxes over the next fiscal year, according to the Department of Revenue's fall forecast. That means a 30 percent drop in the state's unrestricted general fund, the pool of money that the state's elected leaders control.
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Southeast Tribal Reps Discuss Environmental Issues
Southeast tribal representatives met in Juneau last week to discuss environmental issues and programs.
Buser Regains Iditarod Lead En Route To Tanana
After briefly ceding the race lead heading into Manley Hot Springs, Martin Buser has jumped back to the front of the pack, leading the way along the trail to Tanana.
Group Uses National Water Dance To Raise Compassion
A small group of people gathered Saturday in Anchorage to use art to make change. The National Water Dance was an effort to use the art of human movement to generate compassion for the nation’s streams, lakes and oceans.
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Alaska’s Budget is a Sandwich
Thanks to a drop in both oil prices and production, Alaska is facing another major budget deficit this year. Cutting spending, raising taxes, and dipping into the Permanent Fund are all on the table in this video.
RUNNING: State House, District 27 Anchorage
Bob Buch (D) and Mia Costello (R) are running for State House in District 27, Anchorage in Alaska’s General Election...
10th Anniversary 9/11: Concert to Honor
You can hear the Concert to Honor LIVE from The Kennedy Center, Sunday, September 11 at 4:00 - 6:00 pm on KSKA. President Obama will speak during the concert that features performances by Patti Labelle, Alan Jackson and Denyce Graves.
KSKA: Sunday 9/11 at 4:00 pm
Senate Bill Would Establish Professional Standards for Fishing Guides
Jacob Resneck, KMXT – Kodiak
A bill that would create an independent board regulating licensed sport fishing guides is gaining ground in the...
Interior secretary postpones Alaska trip, citing rising COVID rates
Secretary Haaland was to hear King Cove leaders' case for a road through the Izembek Refuge.
Should the U.S. enter conflict with North Korea, Alaska at center of response
Alaska will be at the center of the response if the U.S. gets into a conflict with North Korea. That's according to Alaska’s senior military officer. Listen now
Meals for Angoon school children hinge on regular ferry service
In many Alaska coastal communities, ferry service is more than just a transportation link. It can also be a form of survival.
Representative Cissna Testifies in Congress
Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN – Washington D.C.
Alaska State Representative Sharon Cissna was the star witness at a U.S....
LISTEN: Alaska pediatricians talk vaccines with parents and kids as eligibility expands
Well before that news Wednesday, pediatricians in Alaska have seen intense interest by parents hoping to get their kids vaccinated. One of them is Dr. Michelle Laufer, a pediatrician in Anchorage for over 20 years.
Alaska Lawmakers Frustrated After Meeting With Interior Secretary Jewell
After President Barack Obama announced a plan to designate most of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, Alaska lawmakers seized a chance to meet his Interior Secretary on their own turf. A team of nine legislators took a break from session work in Juneau to travel to Kotzebue this week to confront Sally Jewell about those actions. But while the meeting was hyped, neither the delegation nor the Secretary described it as a showdown.
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Remembering Reynaldo Caparas, Juneau’s DMV guy
Caparas’ daughter, Marina Banks, says that of all the things her dad was to her and to the community, he would really love to be remembered as “the DMV guy.”
Mayor wants performance based municipal budget
Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan wants to change the way the municipality shapes its annual budget. This/Last week the administration described the new...
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016
District 38 has only precinct with no results from Primary election; Shishmaref community votes to relocate; Fire Island Wind sees expansion on the horizon; Wilson upsets Gattis for state Senate seat; Alaska Aerospace Corporation launches into new period on island; proposed Naval training causes concern; El Nino is out. Will La Nina follow?; a weather forecaster returns to Sitka’s slide: ‘We were snakebit’ Listen now
Mulchatna caribou conservation efforts are just beginning, manager says
A call-in radio show hosted by Bethel-based KYUK gave local subsistence users and federal managers a chance to share local knowledge of the Mulchatna caribou and to discuss how federal authorities plan to manage the hunt.
Judge Orders Stevens Case Report Be Made Public
A report detailing prosecutorial mismanagement during the Ted Stevens case will be made public. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered today that the 500-page report into the Justice Department’s botched corruption case against Stevens be released March 15.
Divided Alaska House calls for stay of homeschool decision until mid-2025
The two-page “sense of the House” approved by a 20-18 vote Wednesday supports a stay of the judge’s ruling through the end of June 2025.