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February 25, 2018
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - Officials say a data breach at the University of Alaska has impacted dozens of current and former employees and students. A university statement says security officials first started looking into the breach when problems arose with password-protected Alaska.edu accounts.
Homer Tribune
February 15, 2018
Following the tsunami warning, Koester said University of Alaska officials drafted a map showing inundation zones within the community. Although that new map hasn't been published yet, any information included would be used to better prepare residents as to the risk of a tsunami, flooding and potentialÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
February 14, 2018
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Alaska authorities say the synthetic opioid fentanyl is an escalating problem in the remote state, and it's leading to a significant increase in deaths. Alaska State Trooper Capt. Michael Duxbury said at a news briefing Tuesday that the dangerous black market drug is "by far the biggestÃÂ ...
Cordova Times
February 9, 2018
Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, say meetings with Canadian government officials in Ottawa over transboundary mining issues were productive, and will continue at a bilateral session coming up in April on broader issues for both nations. Mallott and Sullivan were in Ottawa onÃÂ ...
News & Observer
February 8, 2018
Alaska officials say they stand by their decision in clearing a police officer in the fatal shooting of a handcuffed suspect who managed to start driving away in the officer's patrol car after he was placed in the back seat of the vehicle. Never miss a local story. Sign up today for a free 30 day free trial ofÃÂ ...
KTOO
February 7, 2018
The Alaskan officials requested the immediate reclamation of the Tulsequah Chief mine, an abandoned mine in British Columbia that continues to leak toxic water into a tributary of the Taku River near Juneau. “What we've been able to do is A) emphasize that it's important to the federal government and B)ÃÂ ...
Tri-City Herald
February 6, 2018
Alaska officials weren't available to discuss their plans. The airline reported $1.2 billion in earnings on $8 billion in revenue in 2017, or more than $8.30 per share. In the interim, the port is teaming with other local economic development officials to pitch airlines on a daily flight to Los Angeles International,ÃÂ ...
KTVA
January 30, 2018
Human error and inadequate safeguards are to blame for a missile alert that was sent mistakenly earlier this month in Hawaii, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday -- an event Alaska officials said wasn't likely to be replicated under the Last Frontier's alert system. The Hawaii alert wasÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 28, 2018
Jan. 28, 2008 — WASHINGTON — In a shift with profound implications, the Bush administration is attempting to re-energize its terrorism fighting war efforts in Afghanistan, the original target of a post-Sept. 11 offensive. The U.S. also is refocusing on Pakistan, where a regenerating al-Qaida is posing freshÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
January 27, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska's all-Republican congressional delegation three weeks ago praised Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke after he announced nearly all federal waters off the state's coast could be offered for oil and gas drilling. A delegation requested that most Alaska waters from the state'sÃÂ ...
Juneau Empire
January 22, 2018
Zinke was joined by Alaskan officials regarding the Interior Department's decision to the construction of a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. ... Surrounded by Alaska officials in Washington, D.C., Zinke signed the agreement swapping up to 0.8 square miles of federal refuge for lands of equalÃÂ ...
Alaska Dispatch News
January 17, 2018
The statement marks the second time this month that Alaska officials have asked for the federal government's guidance on cannabis policy. On Jan. 4, the Justice Department scrapped 2014 federal marijuana policies that had served as the foundation of Alaska's cannabis industry. The decision promptedÃÂ ...
CBC.ca
January 12, 2018
Climate change in Alaska has the potential to create serious physical and mental health problems for Alaskans, according to a new report from state health officials. Melting permafrost that damages infrastructure, increased wildfire smoke, disturbances in the harvest of wild fish, game and plants, and anÃÂ ...
KTVA
January 11, 2018
The Trump administration will allow states for the first time to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, an option not currently being considered by Alaska officials. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a guidance Thursday outlining what states need to do to mandate that certainÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
January 6, 2018
Alaska authorities investigate a two-vehicle collision, involving an ambulance, along KGB Road. (Photo by Sean Maguire / KTUU). By Sidney Sullivan |. Posted: Thu 3:07 PM, Jan 04, 2018 |. Updated: Fri 11:48 AM, Jan 05, 2018. WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - This story has been updated with the identity of the crash victim.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 5, 2018
FAIRBANKS—Alaska officials came out strongly Thursday against a decision earlier in the day by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to rescind an Obama-era policy discouraging the federal government from interfering in states that have legalized recreational and medical marijuana use. Sessions'ÃÂ ...
Leafly
January 5, 2018
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker said he wants to prevent federal overreach after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ended an Obama-era policy Thursday that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states like Alaska. Walker said in a statement that he's committed to upholding the will of Alaska voters,ÃÂ ...
Kansas City Star
January 4, 2018
A San Diego man is livid after being accused of touching a female flight attendant's buttocks while on an Alaska Airlines flight. “For me to be accused of this, and for me to be escorted off the plane by police? This is it. I'm blowing up. ... It's unnecessary. It's discrimination toward me,” Mike Timon said after theÃÂ ...
Platts
December 26, 2017
Alaska officials on Friday approved a major expansion of the Point Thomson gas and condensate project east of Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope, according to Governor Bill Walker. Walker said the expansion represents another step in the ultimate development of a large North Slope gas and liquefiedÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
September 26, 2017
FAIRBANKS — Alaska's U.S. senators and its governor issued statements Tuesday after the demise of the GOP-led Graham-Cassidy health care bill, saying the work on improving the nation's system of medical care should continue. Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, a co-sponsor of the bill, announced TuesdayÃÂ ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
August 28, 2017
The State of Alaska is looking into whether it should sue the manufacturers of opioid painkillers for their contributions to the opioid epidemic and has hired a law firm that is representing two other states in related legal action. Listen now. Those lawsuits, brought by South Carolina and New Hampshire, targetÃÂ ...
CBS News
June 27, 2017
Wildlife officials in Alaska say they are unsure what's causing an increase in bear attacks in their state. In the last week, four people have been attacked, including two deadly encounters on back-to-back days last weekend. There have only been six fatal bear attacks in Alaska in the last 130 years.
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
Last week, an official of the Alaska Chinese Association told Xinhua that Alaska officials are working to talk with the Chinese side on opening direct flights from Alaska to China. Szczesniak said he wants to build on Anchorage's role as a global center for air cargo transport. "We're going to continue to pushÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Following what was previously a successful pilot program, Alaska officials say their best hope of accurately counting moose in Anchorage comes from the help of residents. Officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Tuesday that they would once again beÃÂ ...
Seattle Times
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities say the synthetic opioid fentanyl is an escalating problem in the remote state, and it's leading to a significant increase in deaths. Alaska State Trooper Capt. Michael Duxbury said at a news briefing Tuesday that the dangerous black market drug is “by far theÃÂ ...
NPR
December 31, 1999
A tsunami warning has been issued for the coast of Alaska. Authorities are urging coastal residents to move to higher ground after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck some 160 miles off the coast of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. We're going toÃÂ ...
KTVA
December 31, 1999
"When this matter came to our attention, we immediately cooperated with U.S. Post Office officials, assisted in their investigation, took prompt corrective action, and terminated the employment of the people involved," Ravn Alaska officials wrote. Only one of the six defendants, Lepou, was listed in custodyÃÂ ...
TIME
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Authorities in Kodiak, Alaska, are telling residents to move to higher ground after a strong earthquake struck nearby, prompting tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal Alaska and Canada's British Columbia while the remainder of the U.S. West Coast was under a watch.
Alaskajournal.com
December 31, 1999
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, center, speaks during an event in the office of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, second from right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Zinke was joined by Alaskan officials regarding the Interior Department's decision to the construction of a road through aÃÂ ...
Alaska Dispatch News
December 13, 2017
Alaska officials in late October issued the unusual preliminary report to inform lawmakers' discussions during a special session that included budget matters. North Slope oil prices that help determine critical royalty and production tax revenues have jumped, to close to $64 a barrel on Monday, up fromÃÂ ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
December 12, 2017
“The confirmation from the National Contact Point in Canada just clearly reinforces the process we went through during the environmental assessment process, that the engagement we had not only with the Canadian authorities, but also the Alaska authorities, was appropriate and bountiful,” Fronk said.
KTUU.com
December 12, 2017
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Alaska officials appointed 20 people to the Climate Action for Alaska Leadership team, a special task-oriented group started in October to address climate change in the state. Gov. Bill Walker issued a statement announcing who was appointed to the team, which he established viaÃÂ ...
Juneau Empire
December 9, 2017
The methods of hunting that Alaska authorities approve must be carefully crafted so that inhumane and unethical methods of killing animals are prohibited, with limited exceptions. Doing this has much to say about how enlightened we are as a state — and about our sense of decency toward other livingÃÂ ...
KTOO
December 8, 2017
“The confirmation from the National Contact Point in Canada just clearly reinforces the process we went through during the environmental assessment process, that the engagement we had not only with the Canadian authorities, but also the Alaska authorities, was appropriate and bountiful,” he said.
MinnPost
December 7, 2017
Many Alaskan officials are in favor of drilling. Not only does it provide jobs, but the state budget is heavily dependent on taxes and fees paid by oil companies. And production has been declining sharply. Alaska once accounted for a quarter of U.S. production; now, it's well below 10 percent. As a result, theÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 7, 2017
Avalanche Forces Closure of Section of Highway in Alaska. Alaska officials have closed a section of highway near Thompson Pass due to an avalanche. Dec. 7, 2017, at 9:12 a.m.. Avalanche Forces Closure of Section of Highway in AlaskaÃÂ ...
ModernHealthcare.com
November 29, 2017
The state is still finalizing the exact services to be provided by the ASO. But it is considering allowing it to oversee eligibility verification and enrollment and manage utilization of services. Alaska officials hope to release a request for proposals for an ASO by February. It will accept public comment on itsÃÂ ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
November 17, 2017
Eight transboundary watersheds feed into Southeast Alaska rivers. Alaska officials are pushing for stronger protections. (Map courtesy Alaska Department of Natural Resources). Alaska leaders want Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to push Canadian officials to better protect Southeast fisheries from BritishÃÂ ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
November 14, 2017
Debate on whether Congress should allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is scheduled to begin in the U.S. Senate Energy Committee Wednesday morning. If passed and signed into law, the Congressional Budget Office estimates it would raise $2.2 billion in the first decade. Half of thatÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 12, 2017
Interior Gas Utility Set to Meet With Alaska Officials. Interior Gas Utility representatives are set to meet with officials from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to work on the terms for buying a natural gas business that will bring service to more Fairbanks customers. Nov. 12, 2017, at 11:12ÃÂ ...
Natural Gas Intelligence
November 9, 2017
Another project to develop liquefied natural gas in Alaska at a cost of $43-60 billion was clinched by three Chinese firms and Alaska officials.
Yahoo Finance
November 9, 2017
Alaska officials have been trying to pursue this project for years, but have run into difficulties because of the price-tag of the project and the stiff ...
Newsweek
November 8, 2017
Alaska officials in August said they were worried about a North Korea missile attack on their state, after Trump and Kim exchanged barbs and ...
KTUU.com
November 8, 2017
... alleged drug trafficking operation between California and Alaska. Authorities had intercepted large shipments of methamphetamine coming ...
Juneau Empire
November 7, 2017
SITKA — Alaska authorities have arrested a man accused of going onto a boat in Sitka, starting a fight with a man and a woman and opening ...
Vox
November 3, 2017
Across the political spectrum, Alaskan officials agree that climate change is real and demands urgent action. But they also believe the best way ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 1, 2017
Alaska authorities have confirmed that a plane wreck found last week by a hunter is that of a Cessna 182 that went missing in 2008 with two ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
October 31, 2017
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities have confirmed that a plane wreck found last week by a hunter is that of a Cessna 182 that went ...
Fiji Times
October 25, 2017
Sovereign wealth funds, banks and state-owned energy companies have met Alaskan officials, John Hendrix, chief energy adviser to Alaska ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
October 22, 2017
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should be broken up, split into two or three smaller and perhaps more regionally aware circuits. It's been ...
