Every Delta Junction City Council seat on the municipal election ballot is being contested by two or more candidates. The city clerk says it’s the most competitive election cycle she’s seen in the 20 years she’s held the job.
Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine will begin arriving in Alaska over the next year or two. And the state’s refugee coordinator has begun notifying local-government officials that some of them will be placed in communities where they’ve got family ties. Meanwhile, members of the Slavic community in Delta Junction say a few have already arrived.