As a lifelong Alaskan, commercial and subsistence fisherman, I support Mike Dunleavy as our next governor. Recent statements from critics that Mike is not supportive of commercial fishing prompted me to write this piece because my personal experience has been exactly the opposite. Such statements lack any basis in fact, and they appear to be […]
Anchorage – Today, Alaska Governor Bill Walker signed House Bill 214 to name Alaska’s teen dating violence awareness and prevention program after Bree Moore who was killed in a senseless act of dating violence in 2014. Alaska’s in-school dating violence prevention program was first authorized in 2015 when the Alaska Legislature passed legislation to implement […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker signed Bree’s Law into statute today at the Anchorage Native Primary Care Center. Members of the Legislature, healthcare professionals from around Alaska, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Harriet Drummond, and the bill’s fiercest advocates, Cindy and Butch Moore, joined in the signing ceremony for HB 214. The bill’s namesake is 20-year-old […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker is proud to announce the appointment of Alaska’s three newest superior court judges, who will serve in Fairbanks, Juneau, and Kenai. Thomas Temple will join the Fairbanks Superior Court. He has practiced law in Alaska for more than 16 years, after serving in the Marines during the Gulf War and […]