Alaska State News

The average price of a gallon in the state costs about a dollar more today than it did a year ago, according to AAA.

This is the first time a sitting governor has served on the commission, which promotes Arctic research and advises on funding priorities.

Identity Alaska’s Anchorage clinic will end patient care this month. They’re closing their doors because of financial and logistical pressures.

About $100 million of the draft budget would go toward catching up on deferred maintenance at facilities around the state.

It was the House’s first floor vote in this two-year Legislature on a major oil and gas tax measure — and a moment illustrating a major disagreement between two Democrat-heavy bipartisan coalitions.

The budget now heads to the Senate, which will come up with its own draft and set the stage for final negotiations in the closing days of the legislative session in May.

Advocates say at least a hundred Ukrainians have left the state in recent months.

The companies said they’ll skip Tracy Arm based on the state of the waterway and current geologic conditions.

The bill provides $70 million dollars for the state's 10% match to federal construction projects, $75 million for disaster relief and nearly $100 million for wildfire suppression.

At a campaign event in Fairbanks, Shuerch warned that widening political divisions are making it harder to address Alaska’s biggest problems.