While people on earth were going about their business as usual, an event occurred a mere 25,000 miles above us. On Wednesday, September 7th, an asteroid passed close to the earth. 2016 RB1, discovered by astronomers using a 60-inch reflector telescope on the summit of Mount Lemmon, north of Tucson, passed over the south […]
In recognition of September being Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott are calling on all Alaskans to help prevent suicide throughout the state. In an email to state employees this week, the Governor and Lt. Governor stressed the need to reduce Alaska’s high suicide rates, and highlighted some of […]
(Juneau) — Waterfowl hunting season opens September 1 over much of Alaska and several regulations changes—including increases to daily bag limits for canvasbacks, snow geese, and brant—spell good news for duck and goose hunters this fall: Beginning September 1, canvasback limits statewide will increase from one to two birds per day, six in possession. The […]
JUNEAU, Alaska— Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4 percent in September, down slightly from August’s 6.6 percent. The comparable national rate was 5.1 percent. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has not shown a clear, sustained trend up or down in 2015. Despite looming economic challenges, the rate does not indicate that the broader economy […]