ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker applauded the Alaska Legislature Thursday for passing a fully funded FY 2016 budget, and for passing the Alaska Safe Children’s Act. The move comes after months of negotiations between both legislative bodies, and ends the possibility of a partial government shutdown. “I commend the legislature for coming together to make […]
A 21-year-old man is in jail on felony charges of Burglary II and three counts of Criminal Mischief III after he was caught by Kodiak Police exiting the Russian Orthodox Church there on Wednesday evening. 21-year-old Arkimedes Garcia was apprehended after he exited the church partially clothed police reported. A KPD officer was in the […]
On his birthday, Alaska’s lone representative in Washington and the nation’s longest-serving GOP member of the House, got married. 82-year-old Don Young’s new bride is 76-year-old Anne Garland Walton. The couple was married in the U.S. Capitol Building chapel. Reverand Patrick Conroy, the Chaplain for the House of Representatives,officiated over the ceremony. They became engaged […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is offering an explanation for the unusual sightings of Arctic Lampreys found in unusual locations in the city of Fairbanks. According to the department, after examining the Lampreys found around town, they have observed puncture holes and other marks on the eel-like fish that leads them to believe […]