Saying that the proposed initiative to ban commercial gillnets and set nets from non-subsistence areas proposed by the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance goes against the state's constitution barring appropriation of a state asset, Lt Governor Mead Treadwell rejected the initiative on Monday.
A citizen initiative that would require legislative approval for future large-scale metallic sulfide mines in the Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve has been certified, clearing the way for sponsors to gather a total of 30,169 signatures.
WASHINGTON — Former American basketball star Dennis Rodman is in North Korea for his fourth visit in recent months. His trip comes at a tense time, with the U.S. calling for the release of an American citizen serving a 15-year prison term in North Korea for "state subversion."
An X-class flare, the first of 2014 peaked at 1:32 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, originating from the giant sunspot AR1944, as the sunspot moved midway through its 14-day earth-facing transit.