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Outgoing Lt. Gov. Davidson considers political future in Alaska
Lt. Gov. Valerie Narr’araaluk Davidson took her first trip back to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta earlier this week, visiting Yup’ik immersion school Ayaprun Elitnaurviat, Gladys Jung Elementary and technical training school Yuut Elitnaurviat.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Nov. 16, 2018
Ongoing vote counting flips tight Fairbanks legislative races; Dunleavy inaugural celebration schedule announced; Murkowski won’t block judges to get Mueller protection bill; Heroin disguised as Christmas package seized in Anchorage; Chukchi Sea polar bears thriving, study shows; Municipalities share state funding concerns; Lt. Gov. returns to Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; ADF&G forecasts a ‘return to normal’ for Bristol Bay sockeye in 2019; State taps Portugal. The Man, other local bands for new hold music
ADF&G predicts weak pink salmon harvest in 2019
If the forecast is accurate, 2019 would be the lowest odd-year pink harvest since 1987.
Regional manager appointed to lead Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Tamika Ledbetter currently manages the Anchorage/Mat-Su Economic Region for the department
New, all-Republican Senate majority forms
Anchorage Sen. Cathy Giessel will be the Senate president when the 31st Legislature is sworn in on Jan. 15.
Ice picks prick through new ice on Lower Kuskokwim River
During freeze-up, travelers are often advised to wear life jackets or float coats when crossing the river and sloughs in case they break through the ice.
Dunleavy inaugural celebration schedule announced
Inaugural celebration co-chair Cynthia Henry says Dunleavy is “more Carhartt than tuxedo.”
Dunleavy asks for resignations from broadened group of state workers
In a press release Friday afternoon, the Dunleavy transition team wrote that the governor-elect wants to broaden the scope of which employees will be asked to offer leaving their jobs.
Dunleavy’s win leaves a lot of uncertainty for rural education
A former rural educator is about to become Alaska’s next governor. How the Dunleavy administration addresses public education policy is a big question looming over rural schools across the state.
Alaska Municipal League panel spotlights statewide housing shortages, homelessness
The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation is working with statewide partners to hire a rural homelessness coordinator.
Murkowski won’t block judges to get Mueller protection bill
Sen. Jeff Flake says he'll vote against all judicial nominees unless the Mueller protection bill is brought to the floor for a vote. He needs one more Republican to join him. Murkowski says it won't be her.
Southcentral Alaska sees most destructive spruce beetle outbreak in over two decades
Spruce beetles damaged nearly 600,000 acres of forest in 2018, and the damage continues to grow.
Reconnecting with roots at Alaska Native languages summit
The three-day language summit brought together nearly 80 speakers of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages: Lingít, X̱aad Kíl and Sm’algyax.
Appeals court upholds decision not to test DNA evidence from 1982 murder
The Alaska Court of Appeals affirmed a superior court ruling Friday and will not test DNA evidence in a 36-year-old double murder case in Juneau. Newton Lambert was convicted of the murder of Anne Benolken in 1982 but acquitted in the killing of her husband, James Benolken.
A changing military brings fewer Alaska Natives into the force
Changes in military structure, in particular the National Guard, have diminished the rate of service among Alaska Natives below past highs.