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Alaska businesswoman pleads guilty to tax evasion scheme
An Alaska woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to evading taxes on income she earned from the business she operated. According to court documents and statements made in court, Tina H. Yi, of Anchorage, was the sole owner and operator of SJ Investment LLC, a hotel, bar and liquor store in Nome, Alaska, that did business as Polaris HBL. Yi created the business in approximately April 2007 and operated it until approximately October 2017, when the physical property was destroyed in a fire.
Alaska's top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point
The melting of one of North America's largest icefields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That's the conclusion of new research colleagues and I have published on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the Alaska-Canada border near the Alaskan capital of Juneau. In the summer of 2022,...
AROUND ALASKA: Affordable Housing, Nightly Blasting, and Polar Bears!
Move-in has now begun at a new affordable housing facility in downtown Juneau. KTOO reports Glory Hall's former homeless shelter and soup kitchen has been converted into seven affordable housing units. There's also a commercial space downstairs. Officials say construction took less than a year. Grants from the city and other local organizations helped fund the project in Juneau.
Damage control: U.S District Court clerk explains what will happen to Judge Joshua Kindred’s caseload
The clerk of the U.S. District Court for Alaska said in a statement today that U.S. District Court Judge Joshua M. Kindred, who resigned suddenly on Tuesday, has 77 open criminal cases with 102 defendants, as well as 148 civil cases that are open in the District of Alaska. All of the cases will be reassigned to Chief Justice Sharon Gleason, with the exception of seven cases in the Juneau division that will be assigned to Senior Judge Timothy Burgess.
Alaska Airlines flight attendants win tentative agreement to boost pay, avert strike
Alaska Airlines flight attendants say they’ve reached a tentative agreement with the airline for a new contract that would boost pay 32%, and also compensate flight attendants for boarding time before the plane takes off. The three-year contract, if ratified by the Association of Flight Attendants’ Alaska members, would...
Alpha Media Cuts Reach Alaska.
Alpha Media cuts in Alaska claim the staff of “Classic Country 100.9” KAYO Wasilla. The job cuts in the 49th state follow similar moves the company has made across the country. Those recently affected include KAYO morning personality Kathy Mitchell, who also hosted middays at country sister “K-Bear...
Alaska Pacific University to receive millions from NASA to study microplastics
To examine microplastics in Alaska waterways, APU Chemistry and Environmental Sciences professor Dee Barker has to first filter a water sample and examine what’s left over under a microscope, identifying small particles that might be plastic. Then she has to move it to a different, infrared microscope. “And then...
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