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Gov. Mike Dunleavy submitted the final piece of his 2022 budget plan to the functional half of the Legislature Feb. 5 but where the $356 million construction bond package will end up is anyone’s guess.
The general obligation, or GO, bond proposal in Senate Bill 74 would spend $356.4 million of state general funds to capture just more than $1 billion in matching federal transportation funding.
Dunleavy has said he wants to hold a special election this year should the stimulus effort pass the Legislature in order to expedite the process that would traditionally have the vote in November 2022. The Alaska Constitution requires a statewide vote to approve most forms of new debt.
Anchorage could see the coldest temperatures of winter this week
Print article A burst of Arctic air is bringing “bone-chilling cold” to Southcentral Alaska this week, said National Weather Service meteorologist Pam Szatanek. Low temperatures early in the week will be in the minus teens in portions of Anchorage, Szatanek said, the chilliest yet in the season. The cold is expected to last through the week. “There’s a 0% chance that it’ll get above freezing in the next five days,” Szatanek said.
Cold air returning this weekend continuing into early next week. Bundle up! Along the Kenai Peninsula, Szatanek said, temperatures could drop to 10 below zero throughout the week.
Sled dog teams will start and finish the 2021 Iditarod at Deshka Landing Published January 5
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Print article Iditarod mushers will begin and end the 2021 race at Deshka Landing near Willow Lake, race officials announced Tuesday. The change is part of the COVID-19 mitigation plan for the 49th annual sled dog race across Alaska, plans for which are moving forward amid a global pandemic. The usual fanfare and fans will be missing from the scene. “At this point, there will be very limited spectator opportunities outside of the secure area where only race essential personnel and participants will be allowed,” race officials said in a statement.