At the end of this month, Vladimir Romanovsky will retire after 30 years as a professor and permafrost scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute. This comes at a time when people — finally — no longer squint at him with a puzzled look when he mentions what he studies. Permafrost is ground […]
(Anchorage, AK) – An Anchorage man was sentenced to serve 55 years in prison this week for killing an Anchorage Zoo groundskeeper and security guard in November 2018. Clayton Andrew Charlie of Anchorage had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with the death of Michael Greco. Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Charlie to […]
(Juneau, AK) – The third annual drawing of the Permanent Fund Dividend Education Raffle was held Wednesday at the State Office Building in Juneau. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Lucinda Mahoney, DEED Commissioner Dr. Michael Johnson, alongside bill sponsor Senator Click Bishop R-Fairbanks, drew four winners from the 8,834 entries. “Thank […]
(Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has joined Texas in federal court to stop the federal government from requiring National Guard members to obtain COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of their service to the state of the Alaska and its people. Governor Dunleavy and Texas Governor Greg Abbott are plaintiffs in the case against President […]