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IGU update: rates increasing, trailers incoming, lines extending
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The Interior Gas Utility delivered its quarterly update to the Fairbanks North Star Borough Committee of the Whole ahead of an upcoming paradigm shift in the utility’s natural gas supply. Here’s what you need to know. Rate increases. The volumetric rate on IGU residential...
SWAT Activated In Response To Kenai Man Who Barricaded Himself In Nikiski Home
The Alaska State Trooper Southcentral SWAT team had to be activated in the central peninsula on Thursday after a Kenai man barricaded himself in a Nikiski home and refused to leave. AST A-Detachment Commander Mike Zweifel said that just before 8:00 a.m., 37-year-old Kristen Kenneth Requena of Kenai, who was...
Local firefighter receives national award
“I was at a training exercise when my fire chief, Marc Hughes, called saying ‘Hey, we have a construction project going on back here to widen the doors so you can get your big head through’,” said Daniel Rawson, Delta Junction resident and Eielson Air Force Base firefighter.
RDVFD elects fire chief, board members
At its annual meeting held last week, Rural Deltana Volunteer Fire Department welcomed two new members to the organization. Summer Fellows and Aiden Steele both filled out applications for membership. Following the vote to accept those new members, the board set to electing a fire chief. Josh Olson has been...
Anchorage police chief says body camera footage of Handy shooting to be released ‘probably within a week’
Anchorage police officials say they’ll enact a new body camera policy on Monday that mandates the release of footage of police shootings within 45 days. Police Chief Sean Case said the most recent Anchorage police shooting of Damien Dollison on July 8 will be held to that 45-day standard, though footage of prior shootings may take a little longer.
Ranked-choice repeal measure awaits signature count after Alaska judge’s ruling
An Anchorage Superior Court judge on Friday disqualified 27 signature books filled out by Alaskans hoping to repeal Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system, leaving it unclear whether the issue has enough support to advance to a November vote. The Alaska Division of Elections must recount the signature totals by Wednesday, Judge Christina Rankin said in a […] The post Ranked-choice repeal measure awaits signature count after Alaska judge’s ruling appeared first on Alaska Beacon.
Proposal for school upgrades passes second reading
Voters are one step closer to deciding whether one of Petersburg’s school roofs will be replaced. That’s after the Petersburg Borough Assembly voted unanimously on Monday to put a proposition on this fall’s ballot to let voters decide whether to fund school upgrades. The money would cover...
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