JUNEAU, Alaska — March’s job count was 2.3 percent higher than March 2021, an increase of 6,800 jobs but still 11,900 below the same month in 2019, the year before the pandemic started. The leisure and hospitality sector had 2,700 more jobs than last March but 2,800 fewer than March 2019. The trade, transportation and […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – On March 26-31, 2022, Alaska students participated in the fourth annual Clean Energy Olympics competition. The Clean Energy Olympics is an engineering design challenge for Alaskan 4th-12th grade traditional and homeschool students. This year’s event was hybrid, with 10 teams with 36 students participating in person at Begich Middle School and 18 […]
“Charles Herbster’s behavior is completely unacceptable for anyone, especially someone seeking a public office of authority and trust,” said every female Nebraska state senator, including five Republicans. Eight women including a Republican state senator have come forward to accuse Charles Herbster—a front-runner in Nebraska’s GOP gubernatorial primary who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump—of sexual […]
Alaska State Troopers say they have yet to positively identify the identity of the victim involved in a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. AST reports that they responded to mile 31 of the Glenn Highway 19 minutes after midnight on Sunday morning and opened an investigation into a fatal […]