Education funding is back on the docket for the Alaska Legislature. On Friday, Independent Rep. Rebecca Himschoot of Sitka introduced legislation, House Bill 69, to substantially increase the amount ...

He did so again at a news conference announcing the bill on Friday, citing Alaska students’ poor performance on the recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as ...

CONNEAUT LAKE — Bill Eldridge updated Conneaut Lake Borough Council on revitalization projects in the borough last week. Councilman Eldridge said the first request for reimbursement from the ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has reintroduced legislation that could result in felony charges against homeless Alaskans and the organizers of unpermitted protests. Senate Bill 74 and its companion ...

Rural schools, mostly in Southeast Alaska, are facing a major funding shortfall this year after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a bill aimed at funding communities ...

Rural schools, mostly in Southeast Alaska, are facing a major funding shortfall this year after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a bill aimed at funding communities alongside ...

13, 2023. (Katie Anastas/KTOO) The Alaska Legislature is getting to work on a bill that would lay out a three-year plan for boosting public education spending. Rep. Rebecca Himschoot, I-Sitka ...

High school students chant "Raise the BSA" outside the Capitol during a protest for increased public school funding on April 4, 2024. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) ...

Billy Eldridge, age 87, passed away peacefully at his daughters home on January 24, 2025, following an extended illness. Billy was born April 24, 1937, in Sandy Hook, Kentucky to the late Lonnie and ...