ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker today signed into law House Bills 57 and 59, approving the $4.9 billion operating budget bills the legislature passed for fiscal year 2018 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018), without vetoes. State spending for department operations has been cut $145 million from the previous year, and total state spending on the […]
JUNEAU — The United States Mint has released candidate designs that commemorate Alaska Native Civil Rights Leader Elizabeth Peratrovich and Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination Law as part of the Native American $1 Coin Program. The Act (Public Law 110-82) authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins with reverse designs bearing images celebrating […]
An RV caught fire and the two occupants suffered injuries after an accident at mile 96 of the Parks Highway on Thursday afternoon, troopers reported. A call went in to troopers at 3:59 pm on Thursday, reporting that an RV had left the roadway on the Parks and was smoking. When AST and EMS arrived […]
A convicted felon was picked up on several charges after he pulled into an active investigation on McGrath Road on Thursday night. Troopers had been at a McGrath Road residence in Fairbanks conducting an investigation at 9:48 pm on Thursday, when 46-year-old Guy Hines pulled into the residence in a white Ford Escort. Upon his […]