(Anchorage, AK) –Last week, staff from the Alaska Department of Administration Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) traveled to Southwest Alaska to offer in-person DMV services to a village of about 440 people for the first time. DMV staff traveled to Manokotak, which is on the Igushik River about 20 miles by air west of […]
Proposal would prevent price hikes, service cuts resulting from privatization JUNEAU – The Department of Administration is currently advancing a plan to privatize Division of Motor Vehicles offices in Eagle River, Homer, Tok, Valdez, Delta Junction, and Haines, which would result in steep price hikes on Alaskans. In response, legislators will be introducing a bill […]
A 26-year-old Fairbanks woman was arrested and charges that included attempted murder and kidnapping following an incident with a firearm that unfolded in the parking lot of the trooper post in that interior town on Sunday, troopers reported. Troopers were notified of an incident by the victim that included a firearm discharge by his […]
With the commercial salmon season already under way in Alaska many vessel owners are suddenly finding out about a new law effective on January 1, 2019 requiring them to register their vessels with the state Department of Motor vehicles. Under Senate Bill 92, the Derelict Vessel Act, passed by the Alaska Legislature in 2018, […]