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All Aboard for Palmer Alaska’s Storybook Scavenger Hunt!
Fireside Books and their community in Palmer, AK are hosting a Storybook Scavenger Hunt July 1- July 31, 2024, with a party August 3rd for participants and prizes. Join us for our first ever Storybook Scavenger Hunt!. Take a trip through Palmer’s local businesses throughout the month of July to...
JBER soldier charged in infant son’s shaken-baby death
A soldier at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is accused of fatally shaking his infant son while he was on leave to care for the child this spring. Spc. Antonius Meyers, 24, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, manslaughter and six assault counts in the child’s death, the state Department of Law announced Tuesday. Army officials say Meyers, a mechanic in the 11th Airborne Division, enlisted in 2021 and arrived in Alaska in May 2022.
Sitka, Alaska Rejects Third Petition to Cap Cruise Passenger Numbers
A proposed ballot initiative to limit cruise traffic in Sitka was denied last week. The initiative, petitioned by Small Town SOUL, sought to cap annual cruise visitors at 300,000 and daily passengers at 4,500. Sitka’s municipal clerk and legal department examined the request and offered their recommendations. According to the...
AROUND ALASKA: Tribal Fight, Avalanche Danger, and Gone Fishing!
Aniak's tribal government is suing the state of Alaska and other federal agencies. KYUK reports the lawsuit is over human remains that were allegedly taken from a burial site located beneath Aniak airport. They were discovered during a project to relocate the airport runway there, and the Aniak Traditional Council wants them returned.
3 states file emergency Supreme Court petition to halt Biden’s student loan repayment program
A trio of GOP-run states filed an emergency petition on Monday with the Supreme Court to halt President Biden’s Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) income-driven student loan repayment program. South Carolina, Texas and Alaska petitioned the court to halt the plan after the 10th Circuit allowed the administration to start a significant portion of it. …
Alaska senators say Biden administration continues its 'war' on the state
(The Center Square) - A policy that keeps 28 acres of Alaska land under federal control drew the ire of Alaska U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, who said the Biden administration continues to attack the state. The Bureau of Land Management announced it would revoke a January 2021 environmental impact statement that would have lifted a public land order and returned the land to the state. The move came after the Biden administration had conducted its own environmental impact statement. ...
Alaska Native Heritage Center Unveils Renovations
Coinciding with its twenty-fifth anniversary this summer, the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) unveiled its newly renovated Hall of Cultures. “We stand on the shoulders of giants who helped bring the ANHC to its current place,” says ANHC President and CEO Emily Edenshaw. “We are born out of a vision from the late Paul Tiulana, and we are honored to continue our mission-driven work to preserve and strengthen the traditions, languages, and arts of Alaska’s Native peoples.”
Big Lake woman struck by motorcycle on walking path dies from injuries
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A motorcyclist traveling at a “high rate of speed” struck and killed a 79-year-old woman on a paved walking path on Tuesday in the Big Lake area, according to Alaska State Troopers. Nineteen-year-old Brendan Clark, of Anchorage, received a citation for riding the motorcycle...
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