On Saturday, August 11th, Alaska's Representative Don Young issued a press release in response to Administrator Dennis McLerran of the EPA's claims that well over 90 percent of the letters to the EPA support the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment.
On Saturday morning, a logging camp near Nutkwa Lagoon, on Prince of Wales Island, reported a fatal industrial accident to the Alaska State Troopers in Klawock.
Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the House Budget Committee Chairman got the tap from Romney as his Vice-Presidential pick at 7:04 am. The word was announced to users of Romney's phone app this morning.