ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker signed two bills into law this week that will increase state revenue under the Department of Natural Resources, and reduce the agency’s dependency on unrestricted general funds. Money generated from the legislation will pay for operation and maintenance costs within multiple divisions of DNR. Sponsored by Governor Walker and managed by […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 23, 2016 – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development (USDA-RD) Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund Thursday announced that nine grant applications from Alaska scored sufficiently high enough to move to the final level of review. The grant requests were to USDA’s High Energy Cost Grant (HECG) program which was designed to help families […]
The United States Department of Justice is crediting the United States Coast Guard Investigative Service and the Alaska State Troopers Drug Unit for the investigation that led to drug charges against an Egigik man after he was detained on the Kennicott on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Karen L Loeffler announced. According to the Wednesday press release […]
A Nikiski man was arrested on five outstanding warrants during a traffic stop at mile 27 of the Kenai Spur Highway on Thursday afternoon the trooper dispatch reported. 24-year-old Kristopher James Bayes was found to have five warrants for his arrest during a traffic stop at 12:3o pm on Thursday. The trooper investigation at the […]