This Day in Alaskan History-May 20th, 1909
Murkowski Discusses FY27 Budget with EPA Administrator Zeldin
Washington, DC—Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, welcomed Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to discuss the agency’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2027. Senator Murkowski impressed upon Administrator Zeldin the importance of Tribal resilience as rural communities face increasingly […]
NOAA Fisheries Finds Listing Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon Under the Endangered Species Act “Not Warranted”
NOAA Fisheries’ 12-month review shows a low risk of extinction. NOAA Fisheries has completed a status review and 12-month finding for Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon in response to a January 2024 petition. The Wild Fish Conservancy petitioned to delineate and list one or more evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) of Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered under the Endangered […]
Jason Karpinski Sentenced for Sexual Assault
(Anchorage) – Friday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced 41‑year‑old Jason Allan Karpinski to 10 years in prison for two counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, to be served consecutively. The sentence follows a plea agreement involving sexual assaults against six victims in Anchorage, committed while Karpinski was employed as a […]