Coast Guard Monitors Barge Adrift in Bering Straits
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is monitoring a 173-foot barge adrift 11 miles north of Wales in the Bering Strait Wednesday.
Governor Testifies in Support of ANWR Development
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – Governor Sean Parnell today offered testimony at an oversight hearing on “ANWR: Jobs, Energy and Deficit Reduction,†held by the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by Representative Doc Hastings (R-WA).
Murkowski Touts Jobs, Debt Reduction during House ANWR Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her frustration over the Obama administration’s repeated attempts to lock up lands in Alaska by designating them as wilderness to prevent resource development.
Human Rights Experts Call on US to Halt Today's Execution of Death Row Inmate
Three independent United Nations human rights experts have called on the United States Government to stop the execution scheduled for later today of Troy Davis, amid concerns that he did not receive a fair trial.