James Squyres News Today

Delta Junction city officials are trying to find a way to maintain ambulance service after the present contract expires next year. But costs are rising and funding is limited, and some area residents say they don’t want to pay taxes to support the service.

Proposal to run up to 192 heavy trucks daily along 240-mile route through a rural area in the eastern Interior of Alaska would create hazards and exceed DOT’s ability to plow snow, maintain roadways, residents say