7 Months After Entering Hospice, Former President Jimmy Carter Celebrates 99th Birthday

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7 Months After Entering Hospice, Former President Jimmy Carter Celebrates 99th Birthday

PLAINS, GEORGIA — Seven months after the Carter Center announced he was entering end of life hospice care, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn made a rare, surprise appearance during a peanut festival in their hometown of Plains, Georgia. As they waved to bystanders while riding in an SUV that proceeded down the main […]

Senator Kawasaki Introduces Legislation Prioritizing Personal Use Fisheries

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Senator Kawasaki Introduces Legislation Prioritizing Personal Use Fisheries

  JUNEAU – On Monday, Senator Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) introduced Senate Bill 99 that directs the Board of Fisheries to place restrictions on sport and commercial fisheries before putting restrictions on personal use fisheries when the harvest is limited to achieve a management goal. The legislation excluded the existing priority for subsistence. “Thousands of Alaskans […]