Day: November 17, 2023

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska, with co-counsel Howard Anderson of Truluck Thomason LLC, has filed a class action lawsuit against the Alaska Department…

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – This week, staff from the Alaska Department of Administration Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) traveled to Southwest Alaska to offer in-person DMV services to a village…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press Juneau, Alaska (AP) – Apartments will be available starting next year for Alaska lawmakers and staff in a building that the Legislature was gifted, with…

Sitka, Alaska (KINY) – In a graduation ceremony Friday in Sitka, 19 new law enforcement officers received their badges. A video recording is available on the Alaska State Troopers Facebook…

Washington (KINY) – On Wednesday evening, U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Wisc.) Commitment to Veteran Support and Outreach Act passed the U.S. Senate unanimously. The bipartisan legislation…

Washington, D.C. (KINY) – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement of $22.4 million in Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants from the bipartisan…

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Early bird registration for Parks & Recreation’s Youth Basketball League (ages 6 to 14) and Peewee Basketball (age 5) opens Monday, Nov. 20, at noon. Register…

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment this week officially charging a Kenai man with making interstate threats to kidnap and injure a U.S….

By: Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon Alaska’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1, 2024 from $10.85 to $11.73 an hour, in accordance with a law put in place by a 2014…

Bethel, Alaska (KINY) – Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced now-21-year-old Raymond Landlord for the murder of 18-year-old Coy Bryan in 2018.  Landlord pleaded guilty to Murder in the…