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$1,312 Payout Alert: Track Your Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Status Online or In-Person
Alaskans can track their $1,312 Permanent Fund Dividend payments online or at PFD offices, with applications due by August 7 and final payments set for August 15, but should note that online services will be down for maintenance on July 24. How to Track Your $1,312 Permanent Fund Dividend: Online and Office Options for Alaskans […]
AROUND ALASKA: King of the River, Rubber Ducks, and Washdown!
State Fish and Game had to put down two black bears in downtown Juneau. Fish and Game officials were initially called Friday for reports of a young black bear trying to enter some downtown shops. Instead, they found the two adult male bears digging through trash cans. Both had to be euthanized after officials said they became aggressive around tourists and locals in downtown Juneau.
Alaska has two contested top-four state legislative primaries in 2024. Here is a closer look
Alaska has two contested top-four state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024. This is the second state legislative primary since Alaska voters approved a ballot measure to establish a top-four primary system in 2020. Under the system, the top-four vote getters in the primary, regardless of partisan affiliation, advance to the general election.
Candidate: grow opportunity, not government
“Sometimes you just have to hit pause on your personal life and give some public service time,” declared Cole Snodgress, a candidate for House District 36. Snodgress is from the Fairbanks area. He is married and has two young children. When asked why he decided to enter the race,...
Biochar is another tool for soil management
Burning wood can create more than smoky summers and cozy winters by the stove. Roasted trees, shrubs and other plants can also be used to amend soils, store carbon and reduce hazardous fuels in forests through a product called biochar. This summer, two professors are teaching farmers in Alaska how...
Moose flies flourish in high-summer Alaska
While boating down the Yukon River during the hottest summer recorded in Alaska (1915, when Fort Yukon reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit), missionary Hudson Stuck wrote about the wildlife that most bothered his party. “With the failure of a little breeze and the overcasting of the sky, the weather grows oppressively...
Stray dogs are a federal responsibility? Murkowski prioritizes free vet services for Native villages
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is asking lawmakers to pass legislation to help tribal members who are bitten by their stray village dogs. She said, “an average of 4,800 tribal members are hospitalized or receive outpatient care from dog bites each year. Some studies indicate that tribal areas experience a death rate from dog attacks that is 35 times higher than the rest of the nation, with most of these cases are in Alaska.”
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