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Bridge helps Alaska town cope with climate change
Aleknagik is a small, remote community at the head of the Wood River on the banks of Lake Aleknagik in southwest Alaska. Most residents live on the lake’s north shore, which used to be inaccessible by regional roads. To get to the south shore and towns beyond, people crossed...
The curious case of ADN’s blood bank smear on Gov. Dunleavy
In newspaper jargon, the expression is “if it bleeds, it leads.”. Apparently, the reporters, editor, and editorial page staff at the Anchorage Daily News decided to take it literally and go after Gov. Mike Dunleavy for a veto. The Blood Bank of Alaska was the supposed victim in this...
Alaska teacher apprenticeship program approval unlocks millions to fuel workforce pipeline
When the only preschool teacher left Harold Kaveolook School in Kaktovik, a village of around 250 people on the northern coast of Alaska, Chelsea Brower was in charge. It was January and she had been the preschool aide for about a year-and-a-half. “Being with the kids and trying to be their teacher is what really […] The post Alaska teacher apprenticeship program approval unlocks millions to fuel workforce pipeline appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
Breaking: Rubenstein out at Permanent Fund Board
Board of Trustee Gabrielle Rubenstein has resigned from the Alaska Permanent Fund Board of Trustees. Rubenstein is at the center of a scandal in which she was accused of putting undue pressure on professional staff members of the $80 billion fund to steer influence toward her own investment interests or those of her billionaire father, David Rubenstien, founder of the equity firm the Carlyle Group. The scandal unfolded after the Alaska Landmine news site obtained leaked emails that showed the staff was concerned about her involvement in the actual operations of the fund, and emails that showed she may have pressured the governor to not reappoint Ethan Schutt to the board.
Coffman Engineers Promotes Fire Protection Group Manager
Coffman Engineers promoted Eliot Jordan to Discipline Manager of the fire protection engineering team. In that position, he leads Coffman’s fire protection group and performs work on fire suppression and fire alarm and life safety code analysis projects for a variety of facilities. With twenty-four years of professional engineering...
Alaskans honored in 2024 Literary, Literacy Awards
Collaborations among people, literacy, and literature are honored in the 2024 Contributions to Literacy in Alaska (CLIA) Awards from the Alaska Center for the Book, announced June 24. Honorees are the Reading Mentors program of the Talkeetna Friends of the Library; the Anchorage Daily News; and authors Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice...
AARP is Advocating for Residential Utility Customers
AARP formally intervened in the Chugach Electric Rate Case currently before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to fight for fair treatment of residential customers. AARP is the only party in this case who is fighting specifically on behalf of residential customers. AARP argued that the way Chugach has proposed to allocate costs and design rates favors commercial customers and significantly shifts costs and higher rate increases to residential customers.
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