October 3, 2012, Juneau, Alaska – The State of Alaska filed in U.S. Federal District Court in Alaska to stop enforcement of the federal government's policy to impose an emission control area (ECA) over a broad swath of ocean off Alaska's coast.
SITKA — The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) WISEWOMAN Women’s Health Program will host a women’s community sweat lodge event from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, at Yeesdooseigu Xáay, the New Breath Sweat Lodge located behind the SEARHC Daycare Center in Sitka. Women also are invited to meet at noon to create prayer […]
Yesterday, Senator Hollis French and Representative Les Gara (both D-Anchorage) sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state regulators urging the agencies to ensure timely issuance of necessary wetlands and other permits, so that work can begin at the Point Thomson Unit this winter.