Thirty-two states, including Texas, and the District of Columbia automatically provide Medicaid to people who are eligible for Supplemental Security Income. In these states, the SSI application is also the Medicaid application.
Assistant Garfield County attorney Jan Shute has been hired as Glenwood Springs city attorney and will begin her new job Nov. 3. City Council unanimously approved an employment contract with Shute during a brief meeting Thursday morning.
TACOMA - A conference on emerging Alaska trade options will be Oct. 24 at Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, 1500 Broadway. The event's principal sponsor is The Port of Tacoma.
10 YEARS AGO Sept. 30, 1996–The employment future of Michael Henchman and the other 281 city utility workers will be set Oct. 8 when Fairbanks voters decide whether to sell the Municipal Utilities System to a consortium of four companies.
State officials say they have concluded testing of birds in the Mendenhall Refuge in Juneau with help from waterfowl hunters. Scientists have been testing migratory birds in Alaska for signs of a highly pathogenic avian H5N1 flu virus.
The National Marine Fisheries Service wants to ask Alaska anglers a few questions. Anglers who purchased a state fishing license this year may soon be getting a survey seeking to find out how much money they spent pursuing saltwater fish.
Governor Murkowski met Wednesday with representatives of a group calling for a preschool system that will get young children excited about learning. The Ready to Read, Ready to Learn Task Force says only about half of Alaska's children show up to kindergarten prepared to go to school.
A Kodiak bear found blind and bumping into trees was shot by an Alaska State Trooper in a mercy killing. Trooper Aaron Frenzel responded to reports of all-terrain vehicle riders who reported the brown bear Sunday morning wandering five miles from downtown Kodiak.
A light earthquake was reported Wednesday morning about 25 miles northeast of King Cove in the Alaska Peninsula region. Officials say there's been no reports of the event being felt or of any damage.
With jobs at stake when the Alaska Aces open training camp in nine days, the ECHL team has invited three more players to seek seasonal employment here.
