“Honestly I’ve had more election support and volunteers than I’ve ever had before. Folks are just coming together during tough times and helping each other out,” Johnson said earlier this week.
Also Wednesday, eight more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the Anchorage Pioneers' Home in seven residents and one staff member. Combined with the four original cases announced last week, this brings the total number of cases at the facility to 12.
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Steve Branch, 66, of Austin, Arkansas was identified as a suspect in May of this year through the use of forensic genealogy, a technique that uses public genealogy databases to find potential matches to DNA collected at crime scenes.
A 39-year-old Fairbanks man is accused of strangling and raping his wife at a homeless camp Saturday morning after she took one of his cigarettes.
Health officials reported 50 newly confirmed cases of the disease in 45 residents and five nonresidents.
The often politically loaded redistricting process involves redrawing legislative district maps to match numbers presented in the new federal census.
The school board met via the online platform Zoom on Monday, the same day that hundreds of teachers returned to work at the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Classes start online next week.
Supporters said the tax, which is expected to net the city about $500,000 annually, will help solve a million-dollar budget deficit.
Mayor Clay Walker clarified: “This certainly doesn’t take away anyones’ rights. It affirms and encourages safe practices within our community. It is a resolution. Not an order. Not a mandate. Not an ordinance.”
One of the teens spotted a paper inside the box that identified the item as an “RPG.” They just couldn’t believe it was real. Nevertheless, they delivered it to troopers. That’s when they discovered it was indeed the real thing, apparently stolen off someone’s front porch, where FedEx had delivered it.
Nordmark’s last board meeting will be Aug. 4. District 7 members interested in serving the remainder of Nordmark’s term can contact Susan Redlin at 458-5721 or SKRedlin@gvea.com for an application packet.
This year, hunter success looks even more likely. The harvest quota of 5,000 caribou includes 3,000 in Zones 1 and 4 combined — the Steese Highway/Chena Hot Springs Road area.
Supporters said the tax, which is expected to net the city about $500,000 annually, will help solve a million-dollar budget deficit.
Two Democrats and one nonpartisan candidate are running in the Democratic primary in the Aug. 18 election, with the winner moving on to face the heavily favored winner of the Republican primary, 24-term Rep. Don Young, in November for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat.
One of the teens spotted a paper inside the box that identified the item as an “RPG.” They just couldn’t believe it was real. Nevertheless, they delivered it to troopers. That’s when they discovered it was indeed the real thing, apparently stolen off someone’s front porch, where FedEx had delivered it.
According to Mia Delcastillo of Fairbanks, her family went on a Sunday fishing adventure at Otto Lake, Healy. "To avoid her from panicking, I had told my daughter, Paloma-Mae to look for adventure, prepping her to discover the moose behind her going for a swim." Delcastillo said Paloma-Mae c…
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