Southcentral

The biggest stumbling block for completing the session is finding agreement on changes to oil and gas taxes.

“We have zero ability to bond and help the Port of Anchorage,” said Senate Finance Committee co-chair Anna MacKinnon.

The nexus point for most of the state’s fuel, food, and building supplies could be wiped out by a minor earthquake or long-term decay.

Inmates raise pigs, cattle and chickens, and farm thousands of pounds of potatoes, tomatoes and other produce each year. But the farm does more than provide food and savings for the state. It helps people turn their lives around.

“If you eat it, wear it, use it, or drive it, it’s on the ship,” said Grace Greene, vice president and general manager for Tote in Alaska.

Reports from the scene depict a widespread debris field littered with the tops of broken-off birch trees.