Following a meeting with Alaska Natives from King Cove, Alaska and in response to concerns raised by the Alaska delegation, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is seeking additional information and has directed additional government-to-government consultation to inform a pending decision concerning the Izembek Land Exchange/Road Corridor between King Cove and Cold Bay.
Praising the persuasive abilities of the residents of King Cove, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today welcomed further review by the Department of Interior (DOI) of a proposed road to serve the medical and other needs of the remote Alaska Peninsula community.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich sent a letter today requesting that U.S. Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell make King Cove, Alaska, a priority on her first trip to Alaska as secretary. Begich made the request as part of his overall response to the Department of Interior’s recent decision to deny residents a life-saving 25-mile road from […]
The VPSO in Manokotak has been shot to death, a Manokotak man has turned himself in for the shooting.