Southcentral

The debate reveals a deep divide among lawmakers over how to respond to low oil prices – and the resulting state budget gap.

Officials say it’s part of a larger strategy to restore the tribe’s original village site and bring better services to tribal members and other Alaska Natives and American Indians living in the area.

Bad weather and difficult terrain hampered rescue efforts for three days, but Monday night four Alaska Air National Guard rescuers were delivered by helicopter onto the glacier. They located the two hikers who had dug snow caves after their tent failed.

The concept arose from a concern over Senate Bill 210, which would reduce the amount that municipalities receive in revenue sharing.

The bill would divert nonviolent offenders from prison toward alternative programs. It shifts the focus of bail from people’s ability to pay to the risk they present.

Bill sponsor Fairbanks Republican Sen. Pete Kelly says students would be safer if there were more guns on campus.