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The Dillingham City Council voted unanimously to hire former city manager Chris Hladick for the temporary position at a special meeting on Monday. Former Region 10 Administrator, Chris Hladick, previously served as Alaska's commissioner of commerce and as the city manager of Dillingham and Unalaska. Credit Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media The former Region 10 administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency has been chosen to serve as Dillingham’s new interim city manager. The Dillingham City Council voted unanimously to hire former city manager Chris Hladick for the temporary position a...

Print article A Dunleavy administration proposal to allow off-road vehicles on Alaska’s roads is raising safety and enforcement questions in the state’s more populous areas even as its origins remain hazy. Right now, state law only allows off-road vehicles to cross roads. The proposed policy would change existing regulations to allow four-wheelers, snowmachines and “all-purpose vehicles” on roadways with limits of 45 mph or less — a broad category that includes some of the busier roads in many communities. Anyone riding on the road would need to be licensed, registered and insur...

Dillingham city manager is leaving after three years on job December 11th, 2020 |   City Manager Tod Larson is leaving Dillingham after three years on the job. Larson is moving to Wyoming to work as a planner for the state's Fish and Game office. Larson said the decision to leave was not easy. "I had a lot more to do here," he said. "I hope I did well for everyone out there, I put my heart into it and hopefully three years was worth the effort here." Larson pointed to capital improvement projects as a hallmark of his time as city manager. He worked closely with city officials to kick-of...