DILLINGHAM – An Alaskan, Ivory Adajar of Dillingham, Alaska Tuesday won an international competition by The International Astronomical Union (IAU) to name an intergalactic star and exoplanet. The new star and exoplanet are named Nushagak and Mulchatna after the famed Bristol Bay wild salmon river and tributary. The competition named a star designated for […]
KETCHIKAN — Governor Bill Walker today signed a trio of bills in Southeast Alaska. Senate Bill 3 reestablishes “best management” standards for the handling of waste water discharged from small commercial passenger vessels – including state ferries – while Senate Bill 33 officially names the two new Alaska Class Ferries currently under construction M/V Tazlina […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker is calling on Alaska’s sixth-grade classes to help name two of the state’s newest trooper K9’s. The dog-naming contest is a part of the Governor’s plan to build a safer Alaska and combat the state’s growing opioid and heroin epidemic. “Drug dogs are critical members of law enforcement and help […]
The Alaska National Guard announced on Thursday that they will formally name the National Guard hanger in Kotzebue for long-time leader and former National Guard Adjutant General John W. Schaeffer on Tuesday, August 9th. General Schaeffer, who was born and raised in Kotzebue, enlisted in the Alaska Army National Guard in 1957 and became a […]