JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s total employment was down by an estimated 1.0 percent in December compared to December 2016, a loss of about 3,300 jobs. Oil and gas employment was down 8.6 percent and construction employment by 6.7 percent. Healthcare was the only industry to add jobs. Transportation, warehousing, and utilities remained at the same level as […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker, on Thursday evening, in his fourth State of the State Address, called on lawmakers to enable Alaska to control its own destiny by resolving our fiscal challenges during the legislative session that is now under way. “Even with the challenges ahead, I remain the eternal optimist, and there is good […]
Last week in the Prince of Wales court, Southeast Alaska skipper, Curtis Demmert of Klawock, learned of his punishment for Creek Robbing 65 miles into closed waters in Coco Harbor last September. “On December 19, 2017 Demmert pleaded guilty to Commercial Fishing During Closed Period (for “creek robbing” near a salmon spawning stream), Commercial Fishing […]
Washington, DC — Gun deaths in the U.S. have jumped 17 percent since the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that there is a right to keep a handgun in the home for self-defense, according to a new analysis by the Violence Policy Center (VPC) of just-released […]