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AG's family plan for Anchorage School District tuition payments collides with Constitution
When Attorney General Tregarrick Taylor said that an outside attorney has cleared him of any potential conflict of interest in the landmark private school funding case, he refused to provide details, claiming those are secrets under the attorney-client privilege.He did say that “the situation with my kids schooling has changed significantly.”Perhaps the most significant change in the past two years is that that the Anchorage Family Partnership Charter School that his family planned to get $8,000
How to use Alaska Airlines Companion Fare
Travel doesn’t have to break the bank, especially when you’re armed with an Alaska’s Famous Companion Fare™. This tool offers a fantastic way to save on airfare by allowing you to bring a ...
Alaska is ready for another record-breaking cruise season
“Alaska is one of those places that draws you in and sets the hook right away,” said Kristi Switzer, destination marketing manager for Travel Juneau. “Visitors come for the otherworldly ...
Alaska Airlines flights resume after brief nationwide grounding; PDX may see delays throughout day
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily ordered a nationwide grounding of all Alaska Airlines and Horizon flights Wednesday morning due to a technical issue.
FAA lifts temporary ground stop of Alaska Airlines flights after technical issue is resolved
The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a ground stop for all Alaska Airlines flights Wednesday after grounding the planes earlier as a result of a computer problem at the carrier. The Seattle ...
The 4x4s our photographers drive
It takes a special kind of vehicle to capture the images that appear in 4X4 Australia. Here are the rigs our photographers ...
Commentary| Alaska’s public assistance division is on course to serve Alaskans in need more efficiently than ever
By Heidi Hedberg
The mission of the Alaska Department of Health’s Division of Public Assistance (DPA) is to promote self-sufficiency by providing essential living expenses to those in need, with a focus on assisting Alaskans in achieving independence. DPA oversees assistance programs mandated by both Congress and the Alaska State Legislature. As Commissioner of the Department of Health, it is my duty to ensure the efficient and effective operation of all divisions within the department, whil
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A new era for Hawaiian Airlines as it launches Dreamliner service: TPG was on the inaugural
Hawaiian Airlines launched service on its beautiful new Boeing 787-9 plane from Honolulu to San Francisco on Monday.
Alaska Airlines flights resume after an hour of grounding Wednesday
Alaska said it had experienced an issue "while performing an upgrade to the system that calculates our weight and balance." ...
Army Corps seeks bids for Nome port expansion
By: Megan GannonThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now soliciting bids for phase one of the massive project to increase dock space and accommodate larger vessels at the Port of Nome.
The request for proposals was published at the end of February on SAM.gov, and the Corps will accept bids from contractors through late May.
The Corps has previously put the price tag of the overall port expansion at around $600 million, and in-water work is expected to begin in the summer of 2025. But once t
Nome and the region hit with back-to-back snow storms
By: Anna LionasThree weeks in a row, residents of Nome and the Southern Seward Peninsula Coast received winter storm warnings from the National Weather Service.
With back-to-back blizzards in the first and second weeks of April and a third taking place this week, business as usual was interrupted by the stormy spring. School was delayed or cancelling, flights were canceled, businesses closed early and people just hunkered down to wait out the weather.
Rick Thoman, Alaska Climate Speciali
As the state looked the other way, school districts set up their own private school voucher programs
Alaska school districts did not call it a voucher system for private schools, but that’s what some of them have created, using a system that a state judge has declared unconstitutional.Few of the districts have spelled out the working details so clearly as the CyberLynx Homeschool & Correspondence Program based in Nenana and largely state funded.It had about 1,500 students statewide in 2022-2023, according to the Alaska Policy Forum, which promotes using state funds for private tuition. The
Kodiak Alutiiq Museum releases new book on Native history
A book released April 3 by the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak traces the history of the Kodiak Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people over seven millennia.
The 188-page, five-chapter paperback is titled “Imaken Ima’ut—From the Past to the Future,” and its creation was funded by a grant to the Koniag Native corporation (a sustaining funder of the museum) by the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
“A few years ago, the museum held a tribal summit where we shared Alutiiq history,” said April Laktonen Cou
Alaska House, seeking to boost oil and gas business, approves carbon storage bill
The Alaska House of Representatives voted Wednesday to allow companies to collect carbon dioxide and inject it deep underground. Supporters said they believe it will boost the state’s oil, coal and ...
Alaska Airlines takeoffs resume after hold due to computer glitch
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a ground stop on most Alaska Airlines flights for about an hour on Wednesday, officials say. Alaska asked the FAA to pause the airline's "mainline" ...
Flying With Dogs or Cats? These Are Airlines’ Pet Policies
American recently relaxed its rules for pets traveling inside the cabin with their owners. Here’s what the major U.S.