Around Alaska: Inmates go through apprenticeship training

ALASKA (Your Alaska Link) - A group of inmates got the opportunity to learn some critical, hands-on skills. Sixteen students underwent the Alaska I...

September 19, 2023
6:18 AM

ALASKA (Your Alaska Link) - A group of inmates got the opportunity to learn some critical, hands-on skills. Sixteen students underwent the Alaska Ironworks Apprenticeship and Training Program at Fairbanks Correctional Center. The courses included a week-long welding class. After completing the week, they earned a certificate and were qualified to be entry-level welders for construction work. A no-wake zone alert has been issued along an area of the Kenai River. Boaters on the river adjacent to the Kenai Keys Community cannot make a wake from today through 8 p.

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