(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will end seasonal maintenance, including snow and ice removal, on the Denali Highway, Taylor Highway, and the Road to Tanana, in October. ADOT&PF does not maintain these highways through the winter. The department encourages drivers to remember that travel on a non-maintained highway during the […]
Troopers are reporting a Brown Bear mauling that took place late in the evening on Thursday on Admiralty Island involving a hunting client. It was reported to troopers by the United States Coast Guard that they responded to the island at 2 am this morning to transport the injured hunter to Juneau for treatment of […]
JUNEAU – The Office of the Lt. Governor has scheduled several public hearings on Ballot Measure #1, the Permanent Fund Voter Registration Initiative, to take place in Alaska’s four judicial districts. The hearings are required under a law passed by the Alaska State Legislature in 2010. Alaska Statute 15.45.195 requires the lieutenant governor to hold […]
SINGAPORE – Governor Bill Walker Thursday thanked North Slope producers BP Alaska and ConocoPhillips Alaska for providing a joint letter of assurance to help Alaska Gasline Development Corporation move a State-led project forward. In a letter sent to the Governor this week, BP Alaska President Janet Weiss and ConocoPhillips Alaska President Joe Marushack reiterated their […]