Representative Gardner: Cook Inlet Gas Permit Bottleneck Is Unacceptable

Legislator calls for increased federal permitting capacity to keep local energy solutions on track

Legislator calls for increased federal permitting capacity to keep local energy solutions on track

CAMP DENALI, Alaska—The Drug Enforcement Administration, working closely with the Alaska National Guard and other state and federal agencies, has scheduled the fifth Prescription Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, September 29.

The United States Coast Guard, who had air assets, an HC-130, in Anchorage because of weather in Kodiak, joined in the search for 41-year-old David Slwooko and 48-year-old Debra Kimoktoak, the Koyuk boaters missing since Monday.

The new coalition government of Greece, elected a scant three months ago on a pro-Euro, pro bail-out platform, finds itself between a rock and a hard place as 50,000 protesters took to the streets in Athens demonstrating against austerity measures they say are bringing the Greek population to its knees.