Tag: alaska

Jennifer Shutt, Alaska Beacon WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he has selected a Stanford University professor of health policy and skeptic of COVID-19 precautions to run the National…

By: Nathaniel Hertz, Northern Journal Earlier this month, a crowd gathered at a Fairbanks venue to celebrate the confirmation of U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs Mike Sfraga — an Alaskan and…

By: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon Alaska’s minimum wage workers will get a tiny bump in pay starting on Jan. 1 before a larger increase becomes effective six months later. The…

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Mark your calendars, Juneau’s annual Gallery Walk returns Friday, December 6, 2024, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nearly 50 locations across downtown will feature pop-up artists,…

By: Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Beacon Alaska’s five Supreme Court justices have voted to make Justice Susan M. Carney the next chief justice.  Carney’s term will start on Jan. 10, 2025,…

By: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon The first home care workers in Alaska to join a union specializing in their industry have approved new contracts that set higher starting wages and…

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – A Juneau jury convicted 44-year-old Clyde Pasterski on multiple counts of Misconduct Involving Controlled Substances and Attempted Escape in the Second Degree. Pasterski was also convicted…

By: Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Beacon Funding Alaska schools in a stable way, addressing energy needs, reforming public employee retirements and balancing the state budget are the top priorities for the…

(AP) — Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land…

By: Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon The number of Alaska salmon harvested by commercial fishers was the third smallest since all-species records began in 1985, and the value to harvesters, when…