A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s chinook salmon troll fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish.

The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) is collaborating with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and numerous stakeholders across the state to update the Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Implementation Plan (The Plan), as required by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.

Quality Asphalt Paving (QAP) and Southeast Roadbuilders, in cooperation with the DOT&PF, began production blasting for Phase 3 on the Sterling Highway MP 45-60 project on June 12.

New survey estimate and recent trend data suggest the population may be stable and possibly increasing slightly.

May’s job count was up by 5,800, or 1.8 percent, from May 2022.

The enacted budget includes modest growth to support negotiated compensation for employees and targeted investment in educational programs.

Former Advanced Nurse Practitioner Jessica Joyce Spayd (52) was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 30 years (360 months) imprisonment for illegally prescribing and dispensing opioids outside the scope of legitimate medical practice that resulted in the deaths of five people between 2014 and 2019. United States District Judge Joshua M. Kindred handed down the sentence.

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed the Fiscal Year 2024 state operating and capital budgets into law on Sunday, June 18th, 2023.