Members of Alaska’s travel and tourism industry from across the state took the opportunity to meet with Sen. Mark Begich and Daniel Halpern, a board member of Brand USA, about how the federal government and the recently created Brand USA marketing initiative can help support the industry in Alaska.
U.S. Senator Mark Begich today made the following statement after it was announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation have reached a consent decree with Golden Valley Electric Association to restart its Healy Clean Coal Power Plant:
Dismayed by news of Alaskans’ unhappiness with a decline in the quality of tried-and-true XTRATUFS boots, U.S. Senator Mark Begich is asking the American manufacturer to resume assembly of the boot in America.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Friday the selection of Evergreen Helicopters to provide air transportation to Little Diomede Island under the department’s Air Transportation to Noneligible Places (ATEP) program.