Katie Hurley, Alaska political figure dating back to territorial days, has died at age 99 Published February 22
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Print article Katie Hurley, a longtime Mat-Su political figure and a participant in the drafting of Alaska’s Constitution, died Sunday in Portland, Oregon, at age 99, her daughter said. Hurley got her start in politics when she joined the office of Territorial Governor Ernest Gruening in 1940. She became secretary of the territorial state and was chief clerk to the Alaska Constitutional Convention in 1955 and 1956. Hurley served as president of the Alaska Board of Education, executive director of the state Women’s Commission, state Senate secretary for five sessions and on Gov. William Egan’s statehood transitional staff.
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The University of Alaska Board of Regents meets this Thursday and Friday.
University President Pat Pitney will present her State of the University Address at Noon Wednesday.
University of Alaska Southeast Chancellor Karen Carey offered those reminders on the KINY Morning Show.
The chancellor said they are looking for board approval of its new mission statement. She said the mission states, The University of Alaska Southeast is a student-centered university that provides instruction in liberal arts, professional and technical fields. On the homelands of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people, we serve the coastal environments, cultures. economies and communities of Alaska through interdisciplinary education, workforce development, scholarship, research, and creative activity.
Alaska hockey, gymnastics seek more time to save programs
February 21, 2021 GMT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The hockey and gymnastics programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage have asked for a fundraising deadline extension to save their programs from elimination.
The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted in September to eliminate three sports, including alpine skiing, hockey and gymnastics because of budget cuts. The cuts would have saved $2.5 million a year from the athletic budget, or more than $9 million in the 2019 academic year, officials said.
The board also said it would consider reinstating any program that could raise two years of operating costs before its next meeting on Feb. 25.
(Anchorage) The Alaska Board of Dental Examiners voted unanimously to permanently revoke the dental license and parenteral sedation permit of Seth Lookhart, DDS. As described in the judge’s decision, the Division of Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing proved that Dr. Lookhart endangered the lives of countless vulnerable Alaskans by over-sedating them absent medical necessity […]
Trefon Angasan Jr. remembered as irreplaceable Alaska Native leader January 29th |
Alaska Native leader Trefon Angasan Jr., died in November from complications due to COVID-19. He was 73 years old. He had a lasting influence on the Bristol Bay region and the state.
Trefon Angasan Jr., was a formidable leader in Alaska. He was renowned for his deep knowledge of policy and law, and his involvement in multiple organizations and on many levels of government. He could cite policy and references just with the snap of his fingers, said his son, Brad Angasan.
Brad worked with him for the past 15 years at the Alaska Peninsula Corporation, of which Angasan was chairman.