JUNEAU – Monday, Representative Andrew Gray introduced legislation aimed at addressing Alaska’s growing housing crisis. With a shortage of affordable housing and high mortgage rates, short-term rental platforms like Airbnb have been contributing to higher rent and home prices by increasing the demand for housing. When property owners convert long-term rental units into short-term rentals, […]
Early Friday morning at 4:42 am, the Fairbanks Fire Department was alerted to a structural fire at 725 2nd Avenue and responded to the location to find the building fully engulfed. According to the investigation, a bystander alerted the two occupants in the building and they managed to get out of the structure unharmed. “A […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety has started a limited deployment of body-worn cameras across Alaska to lay the groundwork for a full deployment later this year. Thirty Alaska State Troopers, Wildlife Troopers, and Court Services Officers are now using the new technology as part of their normal duties to ensure that […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska filed an opposition Wednesday to fight for the life-saving road proposed between King Cove and the State’s all-weather airport at Cold Bay by opposing the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) motion to dismiss an appeal pending before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. DOI’s motion to dismiss is […]