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Seawolves place 53 among GNAC's academic elite
PORTLAND, Ore. (July 9) – Fifty-three University of Alaska Anchorage student-athletes were recognized Tuesday as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference announced its 2023-24 Faculty Athletic Representative Scholar-Athlete Awards, presented by Barnes & Noble College. Bestowed annually to the most outstanding scholar-athletes at each of the GNAC's 10 institutions, the...
Alaska businesswoman faces prison time for tax evasion with storied Nome hotel
An Anchorage woman pleaded guilty last Wednesday to evading taxes on income from her Nome business, which was destroyed in a fatal fire in 2017. Court documents show that Tina Yi kept two sets of financial records for the Polaris hotel, bar and liquor store from 2014 until it burned down. One set of records accurately captured the business’ earnings, while the other understated its yearly income. Yi gave the false records to the accountants she hired to prepare her business’s taxes, which resulted in false federal tax returns from 2014 to 2018.
Alaska Regional takes a third shot at South Anchorage stand-alone ER
As the old saying goes, third time’s a charm or so much is the hope for Alaska Regional Hospital officials who are proposing a stand-alone full-service emergency room facility in South Anchorage for a third time.
Turn the car around, Julia: on performative helplessness and the future of Anchorage
Anchorage welcomed a new mayor on July 1. This little animal (along with a majority of the city’s voting public) breathed a long-awaited sigh of relief. But now that the champagne has gone still and the gritty business of running the city is at hand, it’s as good a time as any to call attention to pitfalls that could derail the new administration. Chief among them, in this little animal’s view, are the quiet (or not so quiet) voices pushing what we might call “performative helplessness” when it comes to solving a couple of the city’s most serious problems.
Smoky summer skies due to Canadian wildfires
BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — If you look outside, you may notice a haze or maybe even a smell of smoke in the air. An upper northwest flow is bringing in more smoke from wildfires out in Alberta, Canada. There are also fires around Alaska and Washington state. With this hot week ahead of us, some […]
Study: The average single-family home costs more in Juneau than anywhere else in Alaska
The average sales price for a single-family home in Juneau was nearly $510,000 in 2023 — which makes it the second year in a row that Juneau had the most expensive average in Alaska. That’s according to a study released by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development this month.
Ordinances up for Public Hearing on July 29, 2024 Assembly Agenda
Ordinances up for Public Hearing on July 29, 2024 Assembly Agenda. The following items are scheduled for public hearing by the City and Borough of Juneau Alaska Assembly, on the date(s) designated below. The agenda and packet material for the meetings will be posted on the CBJ website at https://juneau-ak.municodemeetings.com/ by close of business the business day prior to the meetings.
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