Alaska shifted slightly to the right following the Tuesday mid-term. The Last Frontier elected a new governor on Tuesday with Republican Mike Dunleavy taking the race with 45% of the Alaska vote. He beat out Democrat Mark Begich who garnered 37.5% of the vote. Libertarian Billy Toien took in 15% of the vote to take a distant […]
Tuesday, tens of thousands of Alaskans raised their voices to protect wild salmon and the rivers they call home. While Ballot Measure 1 did not garner enough votes to pass, Alaskans across political and geographic boundaries united in support of stronger salmon habitat protections through the ballot initiative. “Despite being outspent by a corporate misinformation […]
(Juneau) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has published preliminary harvest and value figures for the 2018 Alaska Commercial Salmon Fishery. The 2018 Alaska commercial salmon fishery all species harvest was approximately 114.5 million fish with an estimated preliminary ex-vessel value of $595.2 million, a 13% decrease from the 2017 value of $685.0 […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Department of Public Safety today released its annual report to the Legislature on the status of testing sexual assault kits (SAKs) from across the state of Alaska. The report shows significant progress in addressing the backlog of unsubmitted, untested SAKs and highlights ongoing, long-term work at the state Scientific Crime Detection […]