WASHINGTON, D.C. – After unrelenting pressure by the Alaska Congressional Delegation, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday announced it would be suspending cuts to small rural Alaska telecommunication companies for nearly two years.
U.S. Senator Mark Begich commended the decision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to designate Galena, Circle, and Eagle, all recently ravaged by spring floods, as communities eligible for Permanent Housing Construction (PHC).
Charges of Criminally Negligent Burning II are being forwarded to the Department of Juvenile Justice against two Naukati juveniles for a late Sunday night fire in Naukati according to troopers.
Investigators released more information pertaining to the officer shooting in Buckland that occurred last week. Expanded charged were leveled at the Buckland man who shot Officer Lorin Geary during the early morning hours of Friday.