NGOs Vent Frustration Over Lack of Action on Shipping’s Black Carbon Emissions
London:– As a meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 74) closed today in London,…
Another Dead Gray Whale Discovered, This Time Near Cordova
A NOAA-authorized team of marine mammal biologists performed a necropsy Sunday on a dead gray whale beached in the Copper River Delta,…
Former Naknek Electric Association General Manager Sentenced for Embezzling
U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced on Friday sentencing in the largest embezzlement prosecution in the state after the conviction…
April Employment up 0.9% from Last Year; Unemployment Rate at 6.5%
JUNEAU, Alaska—April employment was up an estimated 0.9 percent, or 2,800 jobs, from April 2018. Construction added the largest…
‘Genocidal’: Trump—Who Claims He Doesn’t Want War—Threatens ‘Official End of Iran’
“President Trump’s saber-rattling about Iran has reached a dangerous new low with his threat to ‘end’ Iran—a country of…
Alaska Applauds Air Force Decision to Base Additional F-22 Jets at JBER
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, today applauded the Air…
As Tensions Rise, US Lawmakers Await Briefings on Iran
WASHINGTON — In word and deed, the administration of President Donald Trump has been sounding the alarm over Iran and its…
Representative Young Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Combat Childhood Hunger
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA) introduced the Summer Meals Act –…
Trump’s Washington Hotel Took In Nearly $41M in 2018
WASHINGTON — One of the crown jewels of U.S. President Donald Trump’s real estate empire generated millions of dollars in…
The Man who Broke through the Northwest Passage
Fifty years ago, a ship long as the Empire State Building sailed toward obstacles that captains usually avoid. The…