CAPITOL HILL — Republican lawmakers expressed renewed confidence that they could overhaul America’s health care system after meeting Wednesday with President Donald Trump, who told them to cancel their August recess unless former President Barack Obama’s health care law, known as Obamacare, was dismantled. “We should not leave town unless we have a health insurance plan,” […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.8 percent in August, up slightly from July’s 6.7 percent. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month. Although the one-tenth of a percentage point change is not large enough to be statistically significant, Alaska’s rate has been rising gradually since early 2015. August’s […]
Although “no additional information is available for release due to the status of the investigation” of missing Big Lake man, Daniel Roy Buckwalter, troopers are asking the public for assistance in the case that has been open for almost a year. Troopers say that Buckwalter was last known to be alive on August 4th of […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Governor Bill Walker issued a Disaster Declaration on October 14 for the August North Slope Borough storm that damaged roads and necessitated substantial emergency protective measures. The Disaster Declaration activates the State of Alaska Public Assistance program which is designed to help communities make repairs to utilities, public buildings, roads, bridges, and […]