Juneau – Today, around 18,000 State of Alaska employees will receive pink slips. Unless the Alaska Legislature passes a budget in the next month, all non-essential state services will shut down July 1st. “This is the third year in a row that extended budget negotiations have threatened thousands of hard-working state employees’ jobs. Our Coalition […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska–In a recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, employers may not mandate that tipped employees share tips with employees who do not customarily receive tips. The court decision does not prohibit “tip pooling” where only tipped employees share in the pool, however, tipped employees may not be required to share […]
New questions are emerging following Thursday’s announcement of a massive cyberattack that targeted the private records of about 4 million current and former U.S. federal employees. Analysts are asking why it took the U.S. government so long to make it public. U.S. officials say they are investigating whether Chinese-based hackers are behind the attack. Investigators […]
A 911 call went in to authorities on early Saturday morning at 12:43 am reporting a possible assault involving a firearm with an ongoing disturbance at the Icy Bay Lodge approximately 65 to the west of Yakutat. Wildlife Troopers and Yakutat Police departed Yakutat via aircraft at first light and arrived at the lodge at […]