The Marketplace Fairness Act sailed through the Senate on Monday evening on a 69-27 vote and now goes to the House for consideration. The bill opens the door to collection of a sales tax on Internet sales.
Fairbanks – Representative Scott Kawasaki will help celebrate Senior Citizen’s Recognition Day in Fairbanks this Thursday, May 9th. Today, approximately 85,100 citizens aged 60 and older live in Alaska.
After 10 years and 15 days of captivity, a young woman managed to make good her escape and call 911 to breathlessly report, "Help me, I am Amanda Berry, I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years. And I'm here, I'm free now."
Ice measurements for the Nenana Ice Classic continue and a new measurement will be taken again on Thursday as the Tanana River's ice stubbornly persists.