ANCHORAGE – On Tuesday, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) and Facing Foster Care in Alaska (FFCA) launched a “Back to School” laptop donation drive for foster youth. The Laptops for Foster Youth effort works to match gently used and new laptop computers with the over 2,500 foster youth in Alaska. To date, over 600 new and […]
FAIRBANKS – Governor Bill Walker signed HB 105 into law Tuesday, which will allow the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to pursue options other than trucking liquefied natural gas from the North Slope to provide low-cost energy to Interior residents. Governor Walker signed the bill during a luncheon hosted by the Fairbanks Chamber of […]
Fire officials tracking the Sockeye fire have estimated the size of the blaze at 7,585 acres they have said on the Mat-Su Borough page on early Tuesday. They also announced that the Type I Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team will take command of the fire at 7 am this morning. Although, they say the Parks […]