ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker announced his new appointments to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Board of Directors Friday. Luke Hopkins of Fairbanks will join the seven-member board, which oversees the agency’s efforts to build a natural gas pipeline and liquefaction plant in Alaska. Mr. Hopkins is the former mayor of the Fairbanks North Star […]
ANCHORAGE – Tuesday Governor Bill Walker joined other U.S. governors in a briefing with officials from the White House, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and U.S. State Department to learn about policies and procedures related to admitting Syrian refugees into the United States. The call was coordinated with the National Governors Association in an effort to […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker announced new leadership for the Department of Corrections Monday. Walter Monegan III was named Interim Commissioner of the state agency, which oversees the confinement of inmates living in correctional facilities, halfway houses, and community jails across Alaska. This announcement comes in conjunction with the release of Governor Walker’s administrative review […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker Sunday ordered all Alaska state flags to be lowered in honor of the people of France and the victims of Friday’s terror attacks in Paris. This action follows a proclamation by President Barack Obama to lower all United States flags in honor of those who were killed in this tragic […]