Ukrainian President Reinstates Draft as Separatists Continue Takeover of the East
On Thursday, the same day the pro-Russian militants took control of the regional prosecutor’s office in the eastern city of…
Interior Department Invites Public Comment on Proposed Rule to Take Land into Trust for Alaska Native Tribes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama’s commitment to upholding the nation’s trust responsibilities to American Indian and Alaska Natives,…
Murkowski Seeks Answers from Odierno on ‘Pivot to the Pacific’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski focused on Alaska’s strategic location to the Pacific theater when U.S. Army Chief of…
Wildfire Fighting Budget Reported to be Millions of Dollars Over Budget Again
The U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior said today in a congressionally mandated report that the two…
North Pole Substitute Teacher Arrested on Sexual Harassment Charges
A North Pole substitute teacher was arrested without incident by police there on Wednesday on two counts of sexual harassment. 23-year-old…
DEC Upgrades the Area of North Slope Spill to 33 Acres
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has upgraded the size of the spill at the BPXA West Operating Area, H Pad…
Alaska Air Guardsmen Rescue Four Men from Airplane Crash on Glacier
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued four men,…
Death Toll from Massive Storm Continues to Rise in Southeast U.S.
The death toll in the massive storm system that tore its way through the the central and southeastern portion of…
Situation in Eastern Ukraine Now out of Control Says Ukrainian Government
It was publicly stated by the Ukrainian government in Kiev on Wednesday that control of the situation, for all intents…
Oklahoma Botches Execution, Halts Others
A botched execution by lethal injection in Oklahoma left an inmate writhing on the gurney for more than 40…