ANCHORAGE – A new version of the state budget released by Governor Walker Monday removes funding for the Alaska Energy Authority’s proposed Susitna Dam. “Governor Walker’s common-sense, economics-based decision to remove funding for the Susitna Dam is a strong show of leadership and willingness to walk the talk from last fall’s campaign when it comes […]
The scene of Sunday’s roll-over of a fuel tanker on the Dalton Highway, north of Wiseman, became a fire scene on Monday morning according to trooper dispatch. According to troopers, the semi caught fire during recovery efforts to clean up the large fuel spill that occurred there Sunday. The original accident occurred at mile 188.8 […]
A Wasilla man was arrested on a warrant for Child Pornography and remanded to the Anchorage Jail with his bail set at $50,000 on Monday. 47-year-old Conrad Wade Thomas was arrested after a Grand Jury handed down a 17 count indictment on Thursday that “included five counts of Distribution of Child Pornography, seven counts of Possession of Child […]
ANCHORAGE: Dan Sullivan’s committee assignments, announced today, confirm that Alaska has lost a seat on the Appropriations Committee. Prior to Sullivan’s election, Alaska was one of only three states with both senators on Appropriations. Likely impacts of the lost Appropriations seat will be less federal investment in Alaska, which would compound economic problems created by […]