Friday, March 13, 2015, Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives early this morning passed a Fiscal Year 2016 statewide operating budget with a historic 10 percent reduction in unrestricted general funds (UGF). Faced with a $3.5 billion deficit, the House Finance Committee found $229 million in reductions to day-to-day agency operations, while prioritizing […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution calling on the federal government to pay for the cleanup of hundreds of contaminated sites its agencies left on lands conveyed through the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. House Joint Resolution 6, by Majority Leader Charisse Millett, encourages the United States Congress […]
A Haines man was reported trapped in an avalanche on Tuesday in the Kicking Horse Drainage, but was rescued from the avalanches icy grip shortly after troopers report in the trooper dispatch. Alaska State Troopers were notified of a possibly fatal avalanche accident on Tuesday at 11:35 am. The initial report coming in to the […]
(SITKA, Alaska) – Three Village Public Safety Officers were selected to participate in the VPSO Arming Pilot Project training set to begin on March 15 at the Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka. The Arming Pilot Project training qualifications and requirements were designed by the nine Native non-profit organizations and the Northwest Arctic Borough that […]