It’s never fun to walk into your garden on a sunny Fairbanks summer day only to find cutworms have sliced your broccoli off at soil level, voles have left tiny tooth marks in your carrots or, worst of all, a moose has chomped on what was a giant cabbage. These are common garden invaders in […]
Winter Driving Conditions Warrant Extended Studded Tire Use (Anchorage, AK) – On Monday the Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner, James Cockrell, issued an emergency order extending the statutory deadline to remove studded tires from vehicles operating on Alaska roadways for areas north of the 60° North Latitude line. Due to extended winter weather conditions […]
JUNEAU – As Alaskans speak out against House Bill 183, the discriminatory legislation sponsored by Rep. Jamie Allard that has been prioritized in Rep. Sarah Vance’s Judiciary Committee, the Alaska House Coalition urges a renewed focus on the real problems of Alaskans, including the education crisis, and lack of a plan for energy. “Instead of […]
Washington, DC – Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) today announced that they have passed along their recommendation for Julie Kitka to serve as the Denali Commission Federal Co-Chair. If approved, Kitka would replace Jocelyn Fenton who started serving in the role of Interim Federal Co-Chair on March […]