Monday, September 30, 2013, Eagle River, Alaska – Representative Dan Saddler, R-Eagle River, has recently received awards from two different national military organizations in recognition of his support for Alaska's veterans, National Guardsmen and active-duty military personnel.
On Monday, the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew that spent the summer months forward-deployed to Cordova, is due to be released from there and depart back to Kodiak.
U.S Senator Mark Begich today announced over $1 million in federal funding to repair multiple road sites in Alakanuk caused by severe flooding from last spring. Sen. Begich chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia. The funding is being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
September 27, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today announced appointments to the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission, Alaska Historical Commission, State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee, Education Commission of the States, and State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.