Alaska National Guard Searches for Overdue Aircraft Near Dillingham

CAMP DENALI, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard is searching for an overdue aircraft about 20 miles northeast of Dillingham.

CAMP DENALI, Alaska – The Alaska National Guard is searching for an overdue aircraft about 20 miles northeast of Dillingham.

In a letter today to Democratic Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich expressed strong disapproval of a letter Markey wrote to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Wednesday urging him to put the lives of animals over those of the residents of King Cove, Alaska.

Friday, March 1, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – The Joint Alaska State Legislative Veterans’ Caucus today thanked Veterans’ Caucus Vice Chair Bob Herron, D-Bethel, for working with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to divert a transportation project that would have impacted the Alaska Territorial Memorial Park and Veterans’ Cemetery in Bethel.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Mark Begich (D-AK) and Congressman Don Young (R-AK) on Thursday jointly called on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to do the right thing and approve a land exchange that would provide road access to an all-weather airport for the people of King Cove, Alaska.