Juneau – Today, around 18,000 State of Alaska employees will receive pink slips. Unless the Alaska Legislature passes a budget in the next month, all non-essential state services will shut down July 1st. “This is the third year in a row that extended budget negotiations have threatened thousands of hard-working state employees’ jobs. Our Coalition […]
ANCHORAGE – May 31, 2017 – Alaskans living in Norton Sound villages now have better access to health care as part of an innovative GCI project that brings high-speed internet to thousands in rural Alaska. This month, GCI connected health care clinics in Elim, Golovin and White Mountain to its Terrestrial for Every Rural Region in Alaska […]
Prince of Wales State Troopers reported a fatal early morning accident that occurred at mile 18 of the Hydaburg Highway that killed one and injured two others. Troopers were notified of the accident on the southeast Alaska highway at 3:46 am and immediately responded to the scene. The driver of the vehicle, 25-year-old Gilbert Johnson, and […]
WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump says he will announce this afternoon his decision on whether to pull the United States out of the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Accord. On his Twitter feed Wednesday night, Trump said he will make the announcement during a Rose Garden event at 3 p.m. Thursday. He ended the tweet with his […]