Determined to bring more transparency to government and protect Alaskans’ privacy rights, U.S. Senator Mark Begich Tuesday co-sponsored a bill that would put an end to the secret court rulings on controversial government surveillance programs.
On Monday evening at approximately 10 pm, the Alakanuk Police Department put in a call to the Alaska State Troopers in Emmonak reporting a serious assault incident in the village.
In the second major attack since April on the Syrian capital of Damascus, two suicide-bombers detonated twin bombs in the al-Marjeh Square on Tuesday.
May 31 was supposed to be the final day to submit public comment on the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft Bristol Bay watershed assessment, but that deadline has been extended until June 30.