Up for consideration this year were city council, board of education and assembly seats, as well as a handful of propositions affecting borough schools, emergency services and legislative representation
On work trips to Juneau, Sitka, and more, an archaeologist watches the tourists return.
By
MacKensie Cornelius
3/15/2021 at 12:30am
Juneau, Alaska
We all have our own risk tolerance levels nowadays when it comes to leaving the house, whether itâs to exercise, get groceries, visit the dentist, see loved ones, or get to work. Itâs no different when it comes to getting the heck out of town. Some of us traded European adventures for a
 weekend in Vegas or distanced mountain getaway, while some have stayed hunkered down at home until tragedy struck. Others, like MacKensie Cornelius, started taking farther and farther trips for work. Sheâs an archaeologist, but her trips to Alaska over the course of 2020 turned her into a bit of an anthropologist, too.
Dunleavy Directs Reopening of Silvertip Maintenance Station
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(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy Friday directed Commissioner John MacKinnon of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) to reopen maintenance the Silvertip Maintenance Station with equipment, personnel, and resources necessary to clear and maintain the Seward and Sterling Highways for the remainder of the 2020/2021 snow season.
“Public safety is and will be the highest priority of my administration. A crucial component in that pledge is keeping essential infrastructure, like our highways, in safe working order for the movement of residents, freight, and emergency services,” said Governor Dunleavy. “Alaska has fewer road miles than Connecticut. With such sparse connectivity, every mile of public pavement is essential to the safe movement of Alaskans throughout the state. The recent distribution of the vaccines for the COVID-19 virus throughout