MOSCOW, Russia-The Russian News Agency, TASS is reporting the capsize and sinking of an oil rig that was being towed in the Sea of Okhotsk. The floating drilling rig Kolskaya, was being towed by the tugboat Neftegaz when it overturned. The sinking occurred after a wave crashed over the rig, breaking equipment and shattering portholes […]
WASILLA, Alaska-For the third time this year, a Wasilla man has been picked up on drunk driving charges. Alaska State troopers identify the man as Jack A. Collins, who just turned 21 on December 14th.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Senator Lisa Murkowski Saturday announced a number of funding priorities for Alaska addressed in the $1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that passed the Senate with bipartisan support. The omnibus bill, which will fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2012 Fiscal Year, now heads to President Obama for his signature. The […]
Washington, D.C. –Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich, along with the support of Congressman Don Young passed a resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. On December 18, 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was enacted to settle longstanding issues of the Alaska Native aboriginal land claims.