Very little information is being provided concerning the incident in Tanana that took the lives of two Alaska State Troopers. identified as Sgt. Patrick “Scott” Johnson and Trooper Gabriel “Gabe” Rich, at shortly after 3pm Thursday afternoon. Both troopers were based out of the Fairbanks Unit. AST states in the dispatch that two troopers, Johnson and […]
ANCHORAGE: In Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks, Gov. Parnell’s budget is forcing property tax rate increases and teacher layoffs. By “locking in” three more years of education cuts, the legislature has forced local governments to choose between teacher layoffs and higher taxes. The damage is even worse in Fairbanks because reduced pipeline property taxes are shifting […]
Pointing out the direct impact on Alaskan women and veterans, U.S. Senator Mark Begich expressed frustration the Senate today refused to move forward toward approval of a hike in the federal minimum wage, a move that could raise 5,000 Alaskans out of poverty and raise incomes for 49,000 Alaskans in minimum wage jobs — including 1,700 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski focused on Alaska’s strategic location to the Pacific theater when U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno appeared before her in the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, inquiring how safe its Army assets are from the larger budget cuts contained within the bipartisan Budget Control Act (BCA) passed in 2011. […]