Discussing issues important to Alaska veterans such as eliminating the claims backlog and improving facilities and programs for women, U.S. Senator Mark Begich yesterday chaired a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee (SVAC) field hearing in Anchorage.
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 44-year-old woman from the 109-foot fishing vessel Tuxedni near Sitka, Monday.
On Tuesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said there was "no doubt" that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in an attack on rebel forces on Wednesday of last week, and stated that President Obama was meeting with his security team to determine the appropriate response.
Two Anchorage men were charged in the overdose death of the 14-year-old victim Jena Dolstad, who died in December of 2011 as a result of being injected with heroin