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Statewide housing organization to field Unalaska’s concerns at community forum
Representatives from a statewide housing organization are holding a meeting Wednesday morning to hear Unalaskans’ concerns about the local market. The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. aims to make housing more accessible. They provide loans and offer energy efficiency, senior housing and professional development programs. The group was created in 1971 by the state of Alaska and runs public housing statewide. It also invests in a sizable chunk of the mortgage market in Alaska every year — anywhere from 25% to 35%.
Incumbents lead in early primary election results
Unofficial results are in for this year's state primary election. Polls closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. The top four vote-getters in each race advance to the General Election in November. Senate District D (Northern Kenai Peninsula including Kenai, Soldotna) Incumbent Republican Sen. Jesse Bjorkman carries a lead of about three...
Police searching for man suspected in deadly Fairview shooting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage police are searching for a man they believe is responsible for a deadly shooting Thursday morning in Anchorage’s busy Fairview neighborhood. APD said they believe the man fired at least one shot “outside at a camp” around East Fifth Avenue and Karluk Street around...
City leaders discuss mayor’s plans in handling police shootings, public transparency
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Disagreements on the appropriate speed of reaction to six officer-involved shootings in three months were expressed among Anchorage Assembly members during a special committee meeting Wednesday. Assembly Public Health & Safety Committee co-chair Kameron Perez-Verdia held Wednesday’s meeting in response to recent updates from Mayor Suzanne...
UAA, UAF volleyball teams picked fifth and sixth, respectively, in GNAC preseason coaches poll
The 10 coaches in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference agree the Seawolves and Nanooks will be better volleyball teams than they were a year ago. However, they don’t agree who’s the top team in the NCAA Division II league. Central Washington, Seattle Pacific and Simon Fraser each received...
An Age-Friendly Anchorage Win!
For the last two years, the Age-Friendly Anchorage team—comprised of AARP Alaska volunteers, community partners and Anchorage community leaders—has been collecting input from the community on ideas for actions that would make Anchorage a more age-friendly place to live. While working to collect community input, the Age-Friendly Anchorage team conducted several walk audits to learn more about potential improvements for pedestrian safety in several areas of concern in the city. One of these walk audits has been a major step toward community involvement, pedestrian safety, and public-private partnership.
Psychedelic medicine in Alaska | Line One
The field of psychedelic medicine is both old and new. While the application of psychedelics in a therapeutic setting are still being studied, many plant-based medicines with psychedelic effects have long been used by indigenous groups around the world for important cultural practices. As psychedelics begin to be decriminalized and...
Community slideshow: Early fall storm floods the Y-K Delta
Fall storms are a common occurrence for Western Alaska, but a "conga line" of three early-season storms that hit the Kuskokwim and Yukon Delta coasts last week caused floods that rivaled Typhoon Merbok and the historic breakup flooding seen this spring. While communities have not reported serious injuries or death...
HEA board approves buying energy from what will be Alaska’s largest solar farm
The board of Homer Electric Association, or HEA, unanimously approved a purchase contract on Aug. 13 with Renewable IPP, a power producer that’s built several large solar farms in the state. Jenn Miller is the CEO of Renewable IPP. She said the company is working to give Alaskans energy...
AASB executive director shares statewide struggles amid flat education funding
The Alaska Municipal League’s Summer Legislative Conference in Kodiak Aug. 13-15 included several presentations about common struggles between city and borough governments across the state. One spotlight was that school districts everywhere have faced mostly flat funding since 2017. That’s why organizers invited Lon Garrison to host a forum....
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