WASHINGTON – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the direction of President Obama and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, announced that it supports amending federal law to allow federally recognized tribal governments to make disaster declaration requests directly to the president. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate first announced the administration's support for this […]
Yesterday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) released a report presenting findings related to the March 8, 2010, wolf attack that killed 32-year-old Candice Berner near the village of Chignik Lake on the Alaska Peninsula. The report summarizes agency response and subsequent investigation.
The west Coast of Alaska storm that blew through the Bering Sea in November wreaking havoc in its path has been declared a disaster by the governor. This now allows the state public and individual assistance to be activated.
NOME, Alaska-Sitnasuak Native Corporation, the largest of 16 village corporations in the Bering Straits Region, announced to day that they have signed a contract with Vitus Marine LLC for that company to provide the much needed fuel to ice-bound Nome.
