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As of last week, employees, contractors and volunteers with the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, which operates in Haines and 18 other com...

“Getting people back into secure housing is costly,” said Sylvia Heinz, coordinator for the Haines Long Term Recovery Group, established soon...

Southeast Road Builders plans to start work Friday morning under a $166,760 borough contract to remove debris from the December landslide across...

Legislators are scheduled to return to Juneau next month and will try again to settle on an amount for this fall’s Permanent Fund dividend after...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed $215 million from the state budget, about 4% of $4.6 billion spending in unrestricted general fund dollars on public...

It’s not like the old times of 1.3 million cruise ship visitors to Southeast Alaska, but it’s the start of the best it’s going to be this...

The governor’s office got it wrong when it referred to $400,000 in state funding for the Alaska Legal Services Corp. as a subsidy. Guess they had...

Yeah, I know, it’s 14 months from Alaska’s 2022 primary election for governor, legislative seats and two of the state’s three members of...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy must have learned how to manage state finances from the same people who guard the world’s biggest secret recipes: Col....

Setting the amount of this year’s Permanent Fund dividend — and deciding on how to pay the cost — continues to hold up agreement on a state...

Not a single legislator voted against the bill to reconfigure the public advisory board for the Alaska Marine Highway System, taking away from...

Alaska legislators are in the second week of a special session to finish work on the state budget for the fiscal year that starts in just five weeks,...

As of this week, almost half of the 110 Haines applications for financial help with rent and utilities had been approved or were pending a final...

To steal the line from a country-western song of almost 30 years ago — “Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it” — Gov. Mike Dunleavy...

Consistency is a good thing, whether it’s parents applying rules to their children or elected officials following the law. Inconsistency can mean...

After four breakdowns of the state ferry Matanuska in a little over two months, the Department of Transportation is considering its options to ensure...

“Confidence in an economy matters,” Dan Robinson, research chief at the state Department of Labor, told the House Ways and Means Committee...

States and cities have tried a lot of creative slogans over the years to entice people to come visit. “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” The...

Legislators are trying again this year to tax “electronic smoking products” — e-cigarettes and vaping devices — the same as tobacco products....

Though the Legislature is not looking to adopt a state sales tax or income tax this year, most lawmakers know it is inevitable. And most Alaskans shou...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to create a new state ferry system advisory board with one state official and 10 public members to replace an existing...

After spending almost $1.1 million to keep the vessels out of service to save money and safely tied up the past several years, the state last week...

More than $6.5 billion in federal funding for pandemic relief has already been authorized for individuals, communities, school districts, businesses,...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is asking legislators for $2 million in state funds to hold a special election this summer, to ask voters their opinion of a...

The governor had a chance to talk honestly about taxes when he announced his 10-year budget plan last month. He had a second chance Jan. 28 with his...