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WEB2 days ago · BY: Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal - September 26, 2024. Federal managers shut down a major Alaska fishery Wednesday after two Kodiak-based boats targeting whitefish caught some 2,000 king salmon — an unintentional harvest that drew near-instant condemnation from advocates who …
How Alaska regulators ignored a gas conservation scheme
WEB5 hours ago · The Regulatory Commission of Alaska last week ruled on the broader rate increase requested by Chugach Electric Association. The utility says it’s still studying the intricate, 89-page order to understand its effects. But to the advocates who proposed the natural gas conservation scheme, there was one clear takeaway: The order made just one ...
Alaska’s voter registration deadline is Sunday, but most residents …
WEB1 day ago · Sunday, Oct. 6, is the deadline to register as an Alaska voter for the November general election. Elections offices will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for in-person registration, and online registration is available.Voters can check their registration status online.. Alaska has the earliest voter registration deadline of any American state, according to an accounting by the Washington Post.
Feds will keep large-scale development ban in place on 28 million …
WEBAug 27, 2024 · The federal government will continue to prohibit mining, drilling and other forms of development on 28 million acres of federal land spread across Alaska, the Interior Department announced Tuesday. The move, hailed by environmental groups and scorned by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and the state’s congressional delegation, reverses an …
Government & Politics Archives • Alaska Beacon
WEB6 days ago · BY: James Brooks - September 25, 2024. Alaska’s three members of Congress joined a majority of the House and Senate in voting to approve a budgetary resolution that averts a government shutdown until at least December. Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, joined the House in voting 341-82 to …
Federal departments announce about $280 million in funding for …
WEBJun 28, 2024 · Three departments of the U.S. government have announced they have awarded about $280 million in new funding for transportation and energy projects in Alaska, money made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In its announcement, the U.S. Department of …
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
WEBMay 10, 2024 7:14 pm. The Talkeetna spur road leading into community’s downtown district is seen on March 9, 2024, with Denali and other Alaska Range mountains in the backdrop. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) On Saturday, the Alaska Beacon will mark the second anniversary of its May 11, 2022, launch. Just like this week, the launch week ...
Alaska minimum wage set to increase in new year; additional hikes ...
WEBNov 17, 2023 · 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 citizen initiative, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced.. The law mandates regular increases in the minimum wage to match inflation rates as determined by the Consumer Price Index in Anchorage.
The Alaska Beacon launches with the goal of a better-informed state
WEBMay 11, 2022 · The Alaska Beacon aims to be an outlet people who want to better understand Alaska and its government can turn to. It’s nonpartisan and independent of any politician, political campaign or vested interest. The Beacon makes Alaska the 27th state covered by States Newsroom, a national nonprofit …