Anchorage — Representative Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) will host a “Restorative Justice Summit” in Anchorage on December 2nd and 3rd. The goal of the summit is to outline new techniques that educators can use to mitigate the number of students disciplined for misbehavior in Alaska’s public schools. The restorative justice blueprint is based on promoting academic […]
Anchorage – This past Saturday was National Adoption Day, held annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Currently, Alaska has the second highest number of youth per capita in the nation waiting for an adoptive home. There are over 700 youth in Alaska’s foster care system that are ready and waiting for adoptive parents. “Foster care […]
(Fairbanks) — A drop in the Central Arctic caribou herd from 50,000 animals three years ago to around 22,000 in 2016 may lead to shorter hunting seasons and smaller bag limits in 2017. Reasons for the decline aren’t completely understood, but hunting is not thought to be a factor. Biologists believe a combination of elements […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) received the coveted Panetta Institute 2016 Jefferson-Lincoln Award, to honor her “outstanding stewardship of our democracy through dedicated, responsible, and bipartisan leadership.” The award was conferred by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, located at California State University-Monterey Bay. “I am so humbled to be given this […]