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Alaska Legislature votes against inflation-adjusted pay rates for top officials
The Alaska House of Representatives voted 36-0 on Friday to reject a proposal that would peg legislative salaries and the pay ...
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NOAA workers fired in Juneau as part of national purge
More federal workers were fired in Alaska yesterday, including at least four people from NOAA’s regional office in Juneau.
Cable damage causes Southeast Alaska internet and cellphone outage, temporarily affecting state websites
Damage to a subsea cable led to widespread cellphone and internet outages in Southeast Alaska, and caused state government websites to go offline for much of Friday into Saturday before services began ...
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Some phone and internet services get temporary fix as cable repair ship heads for Southeast Alaska
Some telephone and internet services were restored Saturday night, two days after much of Southeast Alaska was disconnected ...
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Alaska Legislature unanimously rejects automatic pay raises for lawmakers, governor and cabinet
The cost-of-living adjustments were unanimously rejected following a major pay raise for lawmakers and the executive branch ...
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NOAA firings hit crucial Alaska weather service, fishery research
The firings dealt a blow to an agency that provides everything from weather forecasts to fisheries management to cutting-edge ...
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Juneau administration begins negotiations to relocate City Hall to Alaska Permanent Fund building
The city will begin with an offer of about $9.3 million for the floors, which is their appraised value, but the owners are ...
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Mining industry optimistic about Trump’s Alaska resources agenda
Attendees at the Juneau Mining Forum discussed how the new administration could change the U.S. mining industry’s permitting ...
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How many Alaska feds were fired? Lacking data, lawmakers crowd-source for anecdotes.
Meanwhile, in Juneau, state Rep. Alyse Galvin of Anchorage has launched her own effort to learn the extent of Alaska’s ...
Cable damage causes Southeast Alaska internet and cellphone outage, impacting state websites
Damage to a subsea cable has led to widespread cellphone and internet outages in Southeast Alaska, and caused state government websites to go offline for much of Friday. Service first went out late ...
From Alaska to Maine, communities that border Canada worry US tariffs come at a personal cost
The 25% tariff on most imported Canadian goods that President Donald Trump’s plans to impose Tuesday has touched off a range ...
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What if we didn’t ‘spring forward’ when daylight saving time begins?
In short time, most Americans will lose an hour of sleep as our clocks jump forward to daylight saving time. But what if the ...