Despite urging from Democratic lawmakers as well as the Alaska Federation of Natives, the Alaska Chamber, and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Alaska's Governor Parnell has decided against the expansion of Medicaid that would cover approximately 41,500 additional uninsured Alaskans.
Charges of big game hunting violations have been leveled against the Klutina Lodge owner/operator, and big game guide, Jimmy West by the Department of Law, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals it was announced on Friday.
An Anchorage woman was arrested in connection with a WAANT investigation that began this summer late in July when they seized seven and a half ounces of marijuana destined for Emmonak.
Freezing rain, snow and high winds have been pummeling Fairbanks and interior Alaska. The Winter conditions have knocked out power and closed schools in Alaska's interior city.