Goose Creek Audit Findings Raise Questions

An audit on Matanuska Susitna Borough’s Goose Creek Correctional Center finds facility construction cost over-runs were avoidable. The Anchorage certified public accountant who conducted the audit says the report raises questions.  But state and Borough officials contend the accountant did not understand the intent of the legislature.

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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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