Members of Congress, legal scholars, and even the union representing federal workers are calling on the White House to answer the GOP’s economic hostage-taking with unilateral action to prevent a default. As congressional leaders prepare for a Tuesday meeting at the White House, Congressman Jamie Raskin, a constitutional scholar, affirmed Sunday that if GOP lawmakers won’t […]
Alaska State Troopers in the Mat-Su Valley report a fatality in a REDDI report that occurred late Saturday morning in the Big Lake area. Troopers were notified of a 2002 Ford Ranger that was REDDI. The vehicle and its driver were reported after speeding, swerving, and passing in a no-passing zone in the Vine Road […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, and U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, Friday applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that it has approved the purchase of up to $119.5 million worth of Alaskan Sockeye and Pacific Groundfish, which will be distributed across the country through federal food […]
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew rescues two teenage hikers from Mount Verstovia in Sitka. U.S. Coast Guard video edited by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray. KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew rescued two hikers off of Mount Verstovia in Sitka, Alaska, Saturday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely […]