JUNEAU – Letters of support from more than 8,000 Alaskans were delivered to the State Legislature today as House Fisheries Committee Chair Rep. Louise Stutes (R-Kodiak) reintroduced House Bill 199. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Stutes, updates state law governing development in salmon habitat. The hearing comes in the second full week of the legislative […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – After last night’s 7.9 earthquake, tsunami alerts, and subsequent evacuations in coastal Alaska, the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) is taking the opportunity to outline the department’s emergency response activities. “ADOT&PF serves every community in Alaska. We have staff and equipment throughout the state who respond to emergencies to assist […]
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed last week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office in connection with its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, a Justice Department spokesman said Tuesday. The New York Times reports Sessions was interviewed for several hours as part of Mueller’s broader Russia probe and whether President Donald Trump […]
Anchorage police report that they captured an escaped woman from the Midtown Center while investigating another case on the 200-block of Newell Street. Police responded to the trailer park at that location in northeast Anchorage at 8:47 pm on Saturday after receiving a report of two vehicles chasing each other. According to the report, as the […]