JUNEAU – Alaska will partner with national non-profit EducationSuperHighway to work on bringing high-speed broadband to schools across Alaska. Reliable access to the internet is a critical component of modern learning, but almost 120 schools in Alaska don’t have modern fiber networks. Close to half of Alaska students can’t access the internet at levels which […]
J UNEAU – Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott’s Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team has released a draft climate policy, and recommended action to address climate change. Members of the public are encouraged to review the draft and submit comments by June 4. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor released a joint statement: […]
Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess sentenced a Wasilla man to 12 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for reciept of child pornography on Monday while saying the files he downloaded “depicted serious, disturbing, heinous violations that [the] children in the videos suffered,” Judge Burgess pointed out as bad as those videos were, […]
NOAA’s National Weather Service is tapping technology to automate weather balloon launches in Alaska, a move that will allow staff to improve public service across the state while saving federal tax dollars. Weather balloons, used by the National Weather Service for the past 80 years, are filled with hydrogen or helium and ascend 22 miles […]