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Fishing Report: 191K Sockeye hit Kenai River in 1 day, while cohos are coming
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced this week that the Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishery will be open 24 hours through July 31. On Wednesday, the department reported that 191,328 sockeye salmon were counted in the river via sonar, a major jump from the 30,725 counted the day before. As of Thursday, the Kenai River cumulative sockeye count for 2024 has reached 596,845, with nearly a third reaching the river on Wednesday alone.
Alaska election officials to recalculate signatures for ranked vote repeal measure after court order
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state court judge on Friday disqualified numerous booklets used to gather signatures for an initiative that aims to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting system and gave elections officials a deadline to determine if the measure still had sufficient signatures to qualify for the November ballot. The decision by Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin in Anchorage comes in a lawsuit brought by three voters that seeks to disqualify the repeal measure from the ballot. Rankin previously ruled the Division of Elections acted within its authority when it earlier this year allowed sponsors of the measure to...
OSP Review Protects Due Process
“The Office of Special Prosecutions’ review of use-of-deadly-force incidents protects the due process for the person shot and the officer,” said Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor.“The reviews are an integral part of delivering justice in Alaska.”. The release of video from body-worn cameras by officers is frequently...
Alaskans feel impacts of global internet outage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU)— Alaska flights, hospitals, courts, government offices, and small businesses were among those caught up in a faulty security update that plagued much of the world Thursday night and Friday morning. The issues stemmed from the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, which caused chaos worldwide for customers running Microsoft...
Ranked-choice repeal measure awaits signature count after Alaska judge’s ruling
An Anchorage Superior Court judge on Friday disqualified 27 signature books filled out by Alaskans hoping to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system, leaving it unclear whether the issue has enough support to advance to a November vote. The Alaska Division of Elections must recount the signature totals by Wednesday, Judge Christina Rankin said in a […] The post Ranked-choice repeal measure awaits signature count after Alaska judge’s ruling appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
Before he made the big leagues, Marshall Boze made Alaska history with 21 strikeouts in 1988
Before he became the first Alaskan to play Major League Baseball, Marshall Boze had a different claim to fame. He recorded 21 strikeouts, and amazingly lost the game. In 1988, the Kenai Twins’ rocket right-hander threw a three-hitter in eight innings and broke the state’s all-time strikeout record in a 6-1 setback to the East T-birds in Game 12 of the Legion State Tournament at Mulcahy Stadium.
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