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 […]
The United States Senate will resume debate Friday morning on a bill passed by the House of Representatives late Thursday that will fund government operations beyond midnight Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged in a tweet just hours before the debate resumes that Democratic votes are needed to approve the measure. But he suggested Democrats’ […]
Alaska State Troopers and the Department of Corrections have opened an investigation into a disturbance involving a large group of inmates at the Spring Creek Correctional Center outside of Seward on Wednesday. It was approximately 3:18 pm on Wednesday that Seward-based AST were contacted and a response was initiated to the correctional center. But, prior to […]