WASHINGTON, D.C. – After unrelenting pressure by the Alaska Congressional Delegation, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday announced it would be suspending cuts to small rural Alaska telecommunication companies for nearly two years.
U.S. Senator Mark Begich on Monday wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging that a final decision by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) be made on the permit for the expansion of the tailings disposal area for the Greens Creek Mine near Juneau.
U.S. Senator Mark Begich commended the decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to designate Galena, Circle, and Eagle, all recently ravaged by spring floods, as communities eligible for Permanent Housing Construction (PHC).
While on the "Columbia," 30 year-old Bainbridge Island resident Kaj Hauschulz was contacted by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation's Southeast Cities Against Drugs Task Force early Sunday morning at approximately 6:30 am.