The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today made a decision to grant Conoco-Phillips permit authorization to construct a drill pad, two valve pads, pipeline support structures, access roads and four bridge crossings for the development of the CD-5 drill site. This site is located just inside the eastern border of NPR-A. This decision came as […]
WASILLA, Alaska-For the third time this year, a Wasilla man has been picked up on drunk driving charges. Alaska State troopers identify the man as Jack A. Collins, who just turned 21 on December 14th.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Senator Lisa Murkowski Saturday announced a number of funding priorities for Alaska addressed in the $1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that passed the Senate with bipartisan support. The omnibus bill, which will fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2012 Fiscal Year, now heads to President Obama for his signature. The […]
Washington, D.C. –Senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich, along with the support of Congressman Don Young passed a resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. On December 18, 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was enacted to settle longstanding issues of the Alaska Native aboriginal land claims.