U.S. Senator Mark Begich on Monday wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging that a final decision by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) be made on the permit for the expansion of the tailings disposal area for the Greens Creek Mine near Juneau.
Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell on Friday expressed his dissatisfaction after learning the Regional Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had rejected the State’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 1002(e) Exploration Plan.
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced Thursday, that the grand jury has returned two additional drug conspiracy indictments stemming from the same investigation that resulted in charges against numerous members of an Anchorage based rap group back in August of 2012.
Mile 92.5 of the Seward Highway was the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident on Wednesday night.