JUNEAU—Friday, the Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 187, otherwise known as the capital budget. The budget totals $450 million of general fund dollars and is carefully crafted to promote infrastructure projects throughout the state, address the state’s backlog of deferred maintenance, support statewide weatherization, and increase resources for food security, among other priorities. “For many […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guard rescue personnel of the 176th Wing medically evacuated a stroke victim March 30 from Bethel before rescuing two injured snowmachine riders near Ruby the same day. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation requested assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center to medevac a stroke victim when civilian air […]
It’s a day few people in the United States look forward to. Tax Day is April 15, which means Americans have until Monday to either file their income tax return for 2023 or request an extension. As of March 29, the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, had received more than 90 million tax returns, most of […]
“Corruption on the Supreme Court has gotten out of control, and Justice Thomas is the poster child.” More than 165,000 people have signed a petition demanding that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recuse himself from a pending case on whether former President Donald Trump should be immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempt to overturn his 2020 loss. The […]