JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker signed HB 128 into law Sunday, establishing August 10 of each year as Alaska Wild Salmon Day. Governor Walker signed the bill at the 2016 Juneau Maritime Festival, an annual event that celebrates Juneau’s rich fishing industry with live music, food, and fun fish-themed activities for all ages. “Nearly all […]
After abandoning its previous plan to replace founding father, Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, Andrew Jackson will lose his place on the $20 bill to Union Army spy and abolitionist, African-American, Harriet Tubman. Jackson will be moved to the back of the bill. His image will possibly be incorporated into the imagery of the […]
Juneau – Sunday, House Bill 147 passed the Alaska Senate by a unanimous vote. Earlier this month, the bill passed the Alaska House of Representatives, also by a unanimous vote. The bill was the brainchild of the late Rep. Max Gruenberg who passed away suddenly in February at the age of 72 while still in […]
It was announced by U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler of the Justice Department on Thursday that two Soldotna men were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for trafficking synthetic cannabinoids commonly referred to as “Spice,” as well as firearms offenses. Business-owner of Tobacco Distress, Inc 33-year-old Philip Drake Kneeland and William Donald Vincent Dooley, both […]