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Iceland service from ANC begins Wed.

...hours and 10 minutes.The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said Monday that a delegation of state officials and businesspeople, including Icelandair's chief executive officer, will be passengers on the first Icelandair...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-14/iceland-service-anc-begins-wed
State
Ex-Gov. Murkowski: Environmentalists hurt development in Alaska

...two-thirds of land in Alaska is federally owned. State officials have been pushing for the federal government to open...potential resources belong to the federal government, a state official has said.President Barack Obama in 2011 directed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-09/ex-gov-murkowski-environmentalists-hurt
State
GOP: Stronger borders or no immigration bill

...provisional legal status.If the 90 percent rate wasn't achieved within five years, a commission made up of border state officials would make recommendations on how to do it.After 10 years, people with provisional legal status could apply for...

http://juneauempire.com/erica-werner/2013-05-08/gop-stronger-borders-or-no-immig
Parnell trip to Europe focuses on oil, gas issues

...for the son of Attorney General Michael Geraghty, who died in a traffic accident. Parnell's office said other state officials and first lady Sandy Parnell represented Alaska at the April 23-25 expo.Parnell left Alaska on April 22 and is...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-01/parnell-trip-europe-focuses-oil-gas-iss
State
Alaska ferries lose nature experts to budget cuts

...are scaling back costs by getting rid of the naturalist program on all but one of the 11-ship fleet this year.State officials say the program may eventually be brought back, but for now, the plan is to replace them with computerized equipment...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-29/alaska-ferries-lose-nature-experts-budg
State
Mayors split on Juneau Access Road at Skagway summit

...day boats" to serve Upper Lynn Canal communities, but a proposed design feature - a partially open stern that state officials say will save about $2 million per vessel - has met with widespread scorn."What do you mean, open deck in the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-26/mayors-split-juneau-access-road-skagway
State
Alaska to share in well costs

...Alaska arctic under the budget proposed by President Barack Obama.The proposal drew a swift, strong reaction from state officials who have been pressing the federal government to address the so-called legacy wells in the reserve."The idea...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-12/alaska-share-well-costs
State
Drivers get more time to swap out snow tires this spring

...that fall south of the 60th parallel is April 15.According to Commissioner Joseph Masters in an email Wednesday, state officials determined that the deadline should be extended due to persistent winter weather."With the recent significant snowfall...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-10/drivers-get-more-time-swap-out-snow-tir
State | Local
SE mayors, public unimpressed with ferry concept

...was with the 350-foot, midsize Alaska-class ferry," Menke said. "We were hoping for it. We wanted it."State officials, including Gov. Sean Parnell, who directed the DOT&PF to pivot away from the 350-foot concept back to the original...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-05/se-mayors-public-unimpressed-ferry-conc
State
Ferry plans shown to joint committee

...cost estimates for the ferry, the DOT&PF changed direction late last year at the direction of Gov. Sean Parnell. State officials contend that two smaller, simpler "shuttle ferries" can be built for less than the price of one of the 350-foot...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-01/ferry-plans-shown-joint-committee
State

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