Timber companies allege that the Forest Service failed to fulfill a promise to supply the companies with enough timber to meet market demand. But the government asserts it didn’t promise that.
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Federal cuts could end key library services for rural Alaskans
At the Moose Pass Public Library, kids were playing in a room lined with bookshelves. Children’s toys lay scattered across the floor. This is a typical day for the library, which has become a hub for the Kenai Peninsula community of about 80 people. It’s one of the roughly 70 libraries in Alaska that participate…
There’s an event nearly every day of Juneau’s Pride month
One organizer says she wants to create chances for people to connect with their community amid attacks by the Trump administration.
Murkowski says pushing health care, disaster costs to states is trouble for Alaska
Murkowski said she is particularly concerned about looming cuts to Medicaid after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a tax and spending bill that would pay for sweeping tax cuts in part by reducing federal spending on Medicaid, among other programs.
Alaska’s Drue Pearce and Kara Moriarity join Interior to work on ‘unleashing’ state’s energy
The assistant secretary Pearce will work under is charged with implementing the Trump administration’s orders to unleash Alaska’s energy potential.
Begich says GOP bill is ‘great’ for Alaska, despite cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
Alaska’s congressman says the bill will “drive some accountability” in the safety net programs. Critics say it shifts the costs to the state and will leave thousands of Alaskans uninsured.