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Legislature looks to add workforce housing to Alaska development agency's priority list
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (386+ words) The Alaska Legislature wants the state's development agency to finance new apartment complexes and other multifamily housing. House Bill 184 passed the Senate in a 17-3 vote Friday after clearing the House in February. It gives the Alaska Industrial Development and Export…...
Journalist walking across the globe for last decade takes to the sea in Southeast Alaska
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (702+ words) National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek has been walking around the world since 2013. But now that he's in Alaska, his main mode of transportation is about to change." He's following the path of Stone Age human migration out of Africa and…...
An Alaska Peninsula volcano is showing signs of unrest prompting additional studies
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (415+ words) Earthquakes and elevated gas emissions are causing scientists to take a deeper look at Kupreanof Volcano. It's a remote, heavily glaciated volcano about 50 miles northeast of Sand Point with very little known eruptive history. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the…...
Solar farm to be built in Wrangell to address high demand, reduce energy costs
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (670+ words) A 44-acre solar power farm in Wrangell is officially underway after the local borough assembly approved the project at a meeting this week. The approval comes after the towns main power agency has been looking to increase energy capacity as…...
Murkowski votes with Dems to end war " but she's open to paying for it
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (596+ words) WASHINGTON " Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted with Democrats Wednesday to advance a resolution to remove U. S. forces from Iran, after rejecting six similar measures. But she said her stance is not absolute, and she said she might be willing to approve nearly…...
Alaska Senate passes resolution urging Trump administration waive visa fee for teachers
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (301+ words) The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution urging the Trump administration to waive a steep visa fee to allow the continued recruitment and hiring of international teachers. Alaska school districts have increasingly relied on international hiring to fill an ongoing teacher…...
Alaska prosecutors accuse two Wasilla residents of more than 400 identity theft-related crimes
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (673+ words) Two Wasilla residents have been accused of a record-setting number of felonies and misdemeanors in connection with an alleged identity-theft spree that affected 41 people in multiple states. Alaska prosecutors filed 426 misdemeanor and felony charges on Saturday against Qalgilan Miller and…...
NOAA rejects petition to list Gulf of Alaska king salmon under the Endangered Species Act
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (186+ words) Had the listing gone through, it could have affected fisheries and communities along the state's sprawling southern coastline....
First oil from Pikka 'imminent,' as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1125+ words) When the Pikka oil and gas field was discovered in 2013, industry leaders hailed it as the beginning of a renaissance on the North Slope that would extend the life of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Now, more than a decade later,…...
New building code updates could help increase Anchorage construction
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (218+ words) Amid a major housing shortage, Anchorage officials are hoping new updates to city code will make building less expensive. Anchorage Mayor Suzanne La France has pledged to build or renovate ten thousand homes in ten years. Some of the code…...