JUNEAU, AK. – Tuesday, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) addressed a joint session of the Alaska State Legislature, outlining major federal achievements for Alaska during his first year in Congress and calling on state leaders to match the pace of progress now underway in Washington, D.C. In his remarks, Congressman Begich highlighted significant legislative accomplishments impacting Alaska, including […]
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) Wednesday welcomed a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing to examine S. 3135, the Cold Weather Diesel Reliability Act, legislation introduced by Senators Sullivan and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.). The hearing featured testimony from Ryan Anderson, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (Alaska DOT), along with other expert […]
Veteran musher Jessie Holmes (bib # 7 ), of Brushkana, Alaska was the first musher to reach the McGrath checkpoint at 8:03 p.m. today with 16 dogs in harness, winning the Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award. First presented in 2019 and given to the first musher to reach the McGrath checkpoint, this award is presented by […]
“Massive civilian casualty incidents like the attack in Minab are not only detrimental to the Iranian people,” argued the rest of the Senate Democratic Caucus, “but they also undermine US national security interests.” Just a week after Sen. John Fetterman helped Republicans block a war powers resolution intended to halt President Donald Trump and Israel’s assault on Iran, the Pennsylvania Democrat again […]
