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State will drop proposals to close 6 DMV offices from Southeast Alaska to Interior, officials say Print article JUNEAU — The state Department of Administration does not plan to move ahead with proposals to close six Division of Motor Vehicles offices across Alaska, the acting commissioner said. The department, as part of its budget request, proposed closing Division of Motor Vehicles offices in Eagle River, Tok, Delta Junction, Valdez, Homer and Haines, in a move described in budget documents as a way to save on personnel and lease costs. The proposal was made under former Commissioner ...

Dunleavy administration withdraws DMV privatization plan Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Apr 15, 2021 Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka briefs the Senate Transportation Committee on March 4. She resigned from the administration last month and her former department is no longer pursuing the plan. (Screenshot by Jacob Resneck/CoastAlaska) The department that includes the DMV sent a letter Wednesday confirming it would keep state-run offices open in Haines, Homer, Valdez, Delta Junction, Eagle River and Tok for at least another year. The Department of Administration...

The state Department of Administration does not plan to move ahead with proposals to close six Division of Motor Vehicles offices in Alaska, the acting commissioner said.

JUNEAU (AP) — The state Department of Administration does not plan to move ahead with proposals to close six Division of Motor Vehicles offices in Alaska, the acting commissioner said. The department, as part of its budget request, proposed closing Motor Vehicles offices in Eagle River, Tok, Delta Junction, Valdez, Homer and Haines, in a move described in budget documents as a way to save on personnel and lease costs. The proposal was made under former Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka, who resigned last month to run for U.S. Senate. The division falls under the department. The ...

Print article JUNEAU — A small group of Alaska state legislators, staff and invited guests held an after-hours event in the Capitol complex’s gymnasium last week despite COVID precautions that have closed the complex to the general public. The event prompted Jessica Geary, head of the nonpartisan agency that runs the Capitol complex, to write an email reminding lawmakers that “legislative buildings are closed to the public and there is nobody authorized to be in legislative facilities that hasn’t gone through the legislature’s COVID-19 testing and screening protocols.” A COVID-...