Alaska State Troopers report that a Quinhagak man, who walked away from his residence at 7:30 am on Wednesday without adequate clothing, was located and rescued at 10:30 pm on that same day. As searchers combed the area around the small community in southwest Alaska at 10 pm, they observed a flare fired from the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development has received grants totaling $462,435 from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand statewide reemployment services to Unemployment Insurance claimants through December 2016. Services will focus on two groups of unemployed workers: Unemployment Insurance claimants most likely to exhaust benefits and all recently-separated military personnel. These […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to give the Alaska National Guard the ability to restore trust and order following a year’s work bringing all sides of the political and government spectrums together. The bill, House Bill 126 by the House Judiciary Committee, modernizes the outdated Alaska Code […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker announced his most recent appointments to the Boards of Fish and Game today. Alan Cain, Israel Payton, and Robert Ruffner will join the Alaska Board of Fisheries, which sets regulations and policy related to the state’s fishery resources. Mr. Cain will replace Robert Mumford of Anchorage who intends to resign […]