House Finance Hears Student Restraint Bill
The House Finance Committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill covering procedures and training for the restraint of public school students. House Bill 210, sponsored by Rep. Charisse Millett, a...
View ArticleHouse Passes Bill to End High School Exit Exam
The Alaska House has passed legislation that would repeal the high school graduation exam. The vote was 32-5. The measure now goes to the Senate. The high school exit exam tests student aptitude in...
View ArticleAfter Exxon Valdez, Prince William Sound Wildlife Recovers (VIDEO)
Just how much has Prince William Sound wildlife recovered in the 25 years since the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
View ArticleLawmakers Consider Revisiting Exxon Valdez Cleanup Funds
Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, one state lawmaker is accusing ExxonMobil of not living up to its promise of restoring Prince William Sound in the disaster’s wake -- a claim the...
View ArticleLawmakers Consider Revisiting Exxon Valdez Cleanup Funds
Twenty-five years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, one state lawmaker is accusing ExxonMobil of not living up to its promise of restoring Prince William Sound in the disaster’s wake -- a claim the...
View ArticlePFD Deadline Looms Sooner Than Usual
The deadline to sign up for this year's permanent fund dividend is quickly approaching, and if you're planning to sign up in person, the cutoff date falls even sooner because Monday is a holiday.
View ArticleHoliday Removes One Day From PFD Signup Deadline
The deadline to sign up for the 2014 permanent fund dividend quickly approaches, and if you're planning to sign up in person, the cutoff date falls even sooner because the deadline, March 31, is a...
View ArticleBean's Cafe Hopes to Expand Space, Services
Trying to create a one-stop shop for Anchorage's homeless, Bean's Café wants to convert some of its office space into treatment service areas. In order to renovate, Beans officials want to use...
View ArticleWith Birch Leaving Due to Term Limits, South Anchorage Will Have a New...
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View ArticleBean's Cafe Hopes to Expand Space, Services
For Bean's Cafe staff, increasing numbers of homeless people walking through its doors are limiting what they can do to help them. To alleviate the close quarters, Bean's is seeking $200,000 of...
View ArticleSeward Children's Drawings Capture 1964 Quake
The children who were in Seward on March 27, 1964 have vivid memories of that day's earthquake and tsunami -- inluding the crayon drawings of a school assignment shortly after the disaster.
View ArticleAssembly Sets Votes on ASD Budget, East Anchorage Park
It seemed like business as usual at Tuesday night’s Anchorage Assembly meeting, but that wasn’t the case when it came to approving the Anchorage School District’s proposed budget. In that budget, ASD...
View ArticleAssembly Sets Votes on ASD Budget, East Anchorage Park
It seemed like business as usual at Tuesday night’s Anchorage Assembly meeting, but that wasn’t the case when it came to approving the Anchorage School District’s proposed budget.
View ArticleFairbanks Teacher Charged with Sexually Abusing Male Student
A 34-year-old Fairbanks teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a male student. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports high school correspondence teacher Claude Fowlkes III was arraigned...
View ArticleInmate Sues City, APD Over Treatment in 2012 Arrest
A 39-year-old Anchorage inmate is suing the city, police department and state over his treatment after a self-induced drug coma during a 2012 arrest and a subsequent jailhouse beating. The...
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