The Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports May employment was 2.9% above May 2021 numbers, an increase of 8,900 jobs but still 15,300 below the same month in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The Halfway Island Fire is being managed as a “limited” fire management option as identified in the Chugach Land and Resource Management Plan and Alaska Interagency Fire Management Plan.

The project uses the existing DHSS program to distribute naloxone, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose, and fentanyl test strips, which can test for the presence of fentanyl in drugs, to working Alaskans.

Sen. Sullivan said that the new NEPA rules have the potential to further delay needed infrastructure, specifically energy infrastructure that could help bring down ever increasing energy prices.

NC Machinery is the designated service shop and parts supplier for the CAT equipment in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Funding for the project will cost $94,100.

Alaskans who want to protect themselves from becoming victims are encouraged to change their password regularly and to not reuse passwords such as those used for an email or social media account.

DOT crews are in Phase II of the Seward Highway Project and the Chugach National Forest is implementing the Portage Curve Multimodal Connector Project.

The fishery will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily from Wednesday, June 15 through Friday, June 24.

AEA is investigating the feasibility of developing the outflow from Dixon Glacier for additional water supply for increased project generation purposes.

The tax revenue generated from these rates will provide the largest single source of funding for the borough’s FY2023 budget.