The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Alaska and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of November 5-14, 2013.
James Coven, an inmate in the Anchorage jail, who assaulted a Correctional Officer there in 2012, was found guilty of Assault I and Assault II by an Anchorage jury on Tuesday.
ANCHORAGE: In the midst of a fiscal disaster, Gov. Parnell will give his annual “State of the State Address.†On Monday, the non-partisan Legislative Finance Division said that Alaska will face $2.5 billion annual deficits after running out of state savings. Meanwhile, Gov. Parnell’s own budget projects a 38% decline in oil production, belying claims […]
Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its final Bristol Bay Assessment describing potential impacts to salmon and ecological resources from proposed large-scale copper and gold mining in Bristol Bay. The report, titled "An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska," concludes that large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed […]