JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska minimum wage will increase from $10.19 to $10.34 effective Jan. 1, 2021. Voters passed a ballot initiative in 2014 to adjust the minimum wage annually for inflation. Alaska Statute 23.10.065(a) requires the Alaska minimum wage to be adjusted using the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers in the Anchorage […]
An Anchorage DUI driver responsible for a multiple vehicle collision attempted to give police the slip but was caught after climbing into his vehicle and driving away from the scene on Wednesday morning. APD was notified of a hit and run collision at 1:29 am on Wednesday morning by one of the victims who […]
DHSS today announced 52 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. Fifty are residents in fourteen communities : Anchorage (18), Fairbanks (12), North Pole (7) Kenai Peninsula Borough – South (2), Palmer (2) and one each in Bristol Bay and Lake and Peninsula Boroughs combined, Chugiak, Eagle River, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Juneau, Kotzebue, […]
September 15, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Department of Law warns Alaskans not to participate in a growing pyramid scheme called “The Blessing Loom.” The scam is currently believed to be operating in multiple communities across the state. The scam often uses a multi-layered octagon board called a “loom.” The layers of the “loom” […]