Young’s Native American Energy Act Receives House Floor Consideration
On Thursday, the full House will consider H.R. 538, the “Native American Energy Act”, introduced by Alaska Congressman Don Young.…
AMHS Seeks Public Review of Summer 2016 Schedule
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The proposed Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) schedule for the summer 2016 season, which runs May through…
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Settles at Fourth Lowest in the Satellite Record
BOULDER, Colo., October 6, 2015—At the end of its melt season, the Arctic’s ice cover fell to the fourth lowest…
US Accepts Blame for Afghan Hospital Attack
A top U.S. military commander says American forces were to blame for mistakenly hitting a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan in…
Tennessee Eight-Year-Old Dead after Refusing to Show Next Door Neighbor Puppy
In a shocking killing, a young, eight-year-old girl was shot to death by an 11-year-old boy in the community of…
Rosetta’s First Peek at the Comet’s Dark Side
Since its arrival at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has been surveying the surface and the environment…
Coast Guard: Body Found in Search for Sunken Ship Near Bahamas
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has found the remains of one crew member in its search for a cargo…
South Carolina Faces Epic Flooding
South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley is pleading with residents of the U.S. Atlantic coastal state to stay home because she…
Hooper Bay Suffers Three Suicides in Ten Days
For the third time in ten days, suicide has rocked the small community of Hooper Bay, in Southwest Alaska. Troopers…
Alaska Air Guard Rescue Trains in Homer Waters
HOMER, Alaska — The 210th, 211th, and 212th Rescue Squadrons of the Alaska Air Guard’s 176th Wing trained on water…