Population shifts could have profound affect on US political map
May 2 By Suzanne Lynch In the end it came down to a shortage of just 89 residents. As the US Census Bureau reported its first batch of census figures this week, it emerged that New York state would lose a seat in Congress –…
ALFA selected for clean energy pilot project
May 1 By Zachary Snowdon Smith Federal energy officials are partnering with Sitka’s Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, along with four rural Alaska communities, to look into clean energy solutions that would replace the high-cost fossil fuels used to power Alaska’s boats and heat its cities….
‘Is this Hinduphobia’? In US, Biden’s India ‘travel ban’ faces political headwinds
May 1 By Namita Kohli On Friday, US President Joe Biden released a presidential proclamation restricting travel from India to the US, citing “extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in India”. The ban is applicable to all non-citizens who have stayed in India…
Arctic Winter Games 2024 to be hosted in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
April 30 By Benjamin Freed The 2024 Arctic Winter Games will be held in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, says the Arctic Winter Games International Committee. The committee made the announcement in a news release on Thursday afternoon. The games are held every two years as a…
US creates tasks force to tackle ransomware security threat
April 30 By Abigail Williams Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias that mostly operate in…
Alaska lawmakers pass COVID-19 disaster declaration bill, with $8 million in federal food aid on the line
April 30 By Andrew Kitchenman A bill that would extend Alaska’s disaster declaration was passed by the Legislature on Wednesday. House Bill 76 would make the extension retroactive to its original expiration on Feb. 14, and would allow the state to operate under the disaster…
Anchorage Assembly rolls back COVID-19 gathering limits and business restrictions
April 29 By Kavitha George Anchorage COVID-19 restrictions are set to loosen significantly next week. At a meeting Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to remove all the city’s gathering limits and social distancing requirements starting Monday, May 3. The decision also lifts COVID-19 requirements…
GOP’s Sen. Scott Suggests Dems Use Race as Political Weapon
April 29 By Alan Fram Sen. Tim Scott accused Democrats on Wednesday of dividing the country and suggested they’re wielding race as “a political weapon,” using the official Republican response to President Joe Biden’s maiden speech to Congress to credit the GOP for leading the…
Alaska Republican US Rep Young announces re-election plans
April 29 By Jill Ritchie Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young said he will seek re-election to the seat he has held since 1973. The Republican, in a statement announcing his re-election plans Wednesday, said with the challenges facing Alaska, this is “not the time to…
US Agents Raid New York Home, Office of Former Trump Lawyer
April 29 By Kevin Hart U.S. federal agents seized electronic devices in daybreak raids Wednesday at the New York home and office of Rudy Giuliani, a former New York mayor who became former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, as investigators probe Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine…
‘Don’t answer the call’: Federal agency warns of phone scam sweeping Alaska
April 28 By Matt Miller Alaskans all over the state are reporting getting calls from the U.S. Marshals Service threatening to charge or arrest people unless they hand over money. The U.S. Marshals office said it’s a scam that has been circulating in the rest…
Companies Shut Down Political Talk, Do Employees Agree?
April 28 By Nicole Schuman An unwritten bit of etiquette is to avoid religion and politics during dinner. The chances of diners agreeing on a position are slim, and, for many, identification and ideation quickly become passionate subjects. So it may not come as a…