Anyone overcharged will receive a refund with interest at 3.5 percent compounded annually.
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Bethel considers replacing election polls with mailed ballots
The City of Bethel is looking into replacing voting at the polls with voting by mail to increase voter turnout for local elections.
Dillingham cop fired at early Sunday morning
Dillingham Police hope the public will lead them to whoever fired at an officer during a brief car chase that ended near the landfill on Waskey Road early Sunday morning.
House committee may quintuple Gov. Walker’s state budget cuts
The House Finance Committee is considering a budget bill that would cut state government spending $418 million more than the $100 million in cuts Gov. Bill Walker proposed.
Public pushes back against House’s proposed budget cuts
The Republican-led majority released a budget proposal this week that included $145 million more in cuts than Governor Bill Walker’s budget.
At the mouth of the Kuskokwim, a pioneering wind system
In rural Alaska, one problem thwarts a thousand good ideas: the high cost of energy. From generating electricity to heating homes to fueling boats and snow machines, energy expenses eat into budgets, are a barrier to business and add to the prohibitive cost of water and sewer systems.