Sidewalk access will be limited on the mountain side of Egan Drive (JUNEAU, Alaska) – With funding provided by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and SECON will open downtown Juneau’s Egan Drive to traffic for the 4th of July weekend. “Through FHWA’s support, SECON will be […]
Bill Would Expand Opportunities to Earn Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math for Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and American Indian Students. WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) have introduced the Building Indigenous STEM Professionals Act. This legislation will reauthorize and amend a grant designed to help create or […]
JUNEAU – Governor Mike Dunleavy on Friday unveiled unprecedented budget vetoes that will burden Alaska’s most financially at-risk elders, unless the Legislature achieves the three-quarter vote required to override the governor’s decision. The governor’s cuts eliminate the Senior Benefits Program, which provides essential monthly payments to thousands of fixed-income seniors: 1,742 elders with monthly […]
Alaska’s 2019 wild salmon harvest season, which began in mid-May with the Copper River openers, Is now expanding through the state’s central, southeast and western regions. Preliminary estimates of the harvest compiled by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game through June 25 put the catch to date at some 15 million fish. According […]