The purpose was to introduce a list of recommended goals for the council’s consideration. Eight specific goals have been outlined with the intent to provide direction in the development of the proposed FY23 budget.

During the day, he was the featured speaker at the joint Kenai and Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon and Wednesday evening, he held a fundraiser in Sterling.

Dr. Anne Zink, “Now here’s Alaska cases, so continuing to see an uptick in cases when we look at the seven-day average. We will be announcing over 2,000 cases today. Again, another record-breaking day for cases.”

In comments to the FCC, Treg Taylor of Alaska and other state attorneys general asked the commission to require gateway providers to implement measures to slow the influx of foreign robocalls.

Pegge Erkeneff, with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District told KSRM, “It’s called Monitor, Mask and Return. This is only for people who have never had any symptoms. So, they test positive, but they didn’t have symptoms.”

Lawmakers are gearing up to return to Juneau for the 2nd Regular Session which begins next Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

Alaska U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski spoke on the Senate floor about the importance of protecting minority rights in the Senate, and to the consequences of weakening the legislative filibuster to a 50-vote, majority-serving threshold.

In making the announcement, Governor Dunleavy said that bycatch has remained a contentious issue of concern for all Alaskans.

In November 2017, an inmate reported that he had been inappropriately sprayed with pepper spray by a group of correctional officers. He alleged that he was not offered anything to wash himself off, nor was he offered the opportunity to shower and change.

The office of Governor Dunleavy says that this announcement disregards the concerns and input local Alaska Native people who rely on the NPR-A for employment and funding for infrastructure projects and community needs.