WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to a news report that Washington Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell may seek a preemptive veto from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the proposed Pebble Mine:
NEW YORK-The United Nations today marked the 10th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States with a solemn commemoration in the General Assembly Hall, music, poetry and a vow to intensify the battle against terror wherever it is perpetrated in the world.
JUNEAU, ALASKA-Governor Sean Parnell has ordered all flags (in accordance with Public Law 107-89) at public facilities be flown at half-staff throughout Alaska on Sunday, September 11, 2011, in observance of Patriot Day.
KODIAK, Alaska — Two Coast Guard units are responding to a report of a 78-foot passenger vessel, Northern Song, grounding in Deep Cove on Baranof Island with 11 people aboard Friday.