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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is challenging the constitutionality of a proposed ballot initiative aimed at protecting salmon habitat. The state says it is appealing a court decision that called for allowing backers of the measure to begin gathering signatures. The matter went to court after Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott last month refused to certify it, citing a Department of Law opinion. The department maintained that the measure would limit the Legislature’s ability to decide how to allocate anadromous streams among competing uses and...
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A commercial rocket is expected to launch early next year at a state-owned aerospace company’s facility on Kodiak Island. Alaska Aerospace Corp. has secured three launch contracts and has a fourth in the works, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Monday. Ad Astra, a Texas-based aerospace company specializing in advanced plasma rocket propulsion technology, is scheduled for the first launch. Vector Space Systems is expected to launch from the facility in late 2018 and the company will also support a second Rocket Lab lau...
