ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services selected Ree Sailors as Deputy Commissioner for family, community and integrated services. She assumed her duties Nov. 1, after moving to Alaska from Arlington, Va.
WASHINGTON D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar yesterday announced the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017, which makes more than 75 percent of undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources estimated in federal offshore areas available for exploration and development.
NOME-One of the worst Bering Sea storms on record continues to produce widespread strong winds and coastal flooding all along the west coast of Alaska. The storm in the northern Bering Sea continues to sport winds from 50 to 70 miles an hour with gusts expected up to 85 miles an hour throughout the morning. […]
NOME-The largest storm in decades is rushing towards western Alaska. Meteorologists are calling for winds in excess of 85 miles an hour as the storm races for the coast at 60 miles an hour. It is expected to begin causing a storm surge by this afternoon in the Norton Sound region.