Juneau, AK — Thursday, the Alaska House of Representatives narrowly defeated a controversial income tax on certain businesses that was slipped into the gasline bill. Alaska House Republicans remain steadfastly committed to the construction of a North Slope gasline, and members expressed outrage that the enabling legislation was transformed into a sweeping tax restructuring […]
Cross border collaboration protects shared wildlife and holds poachers accountable COPPER CENTER, Alaska — Three U.S. hunters who illegally crossed into Canada to poach two Dall sheep, a Thinhorn subspecies, have been convicted in both the United States and Canada following a years-long coordinated investigation by the National Park Service, Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Yukon Conservation Officer Services and other U.S. and […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) is pleased to announce that the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) has granted permanent approval for Alaska’s Educator Registered Apprenticeship program. DEED received provisional approval on December 3, 2024, and completed all requirements for full approval on July 13, 2026. The program […]
Located 60 miles above the Arctic Circle, Coldfoot is a busy truck stop on Alaska’s Dalton Highway. Step off the gravel pad, which underlies a year-round population of 34, and you’ll head into several hundred miles of dense boreal forest and the mountain tundra of the Brooks Range. It’s midsummer and peak travel time […]