Senator has led congressional opposition to exploitation of Arctic Refuge for years WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released a statement criticizing the Trump administration’s rush to approve leases to drill in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before President-elect Biden is sworn into office: “President Trump’s last-ditch effort to shortcut environmental […]
ANCHORAGE, AK — Today, Dr. Al Gross conceded the race for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat. The campaign anticipates that the final count will show a closer race than the current, incomplete count. “I’m incredibly proud of the campaign we ran,” said. Dr. Al Gross. “We were the underdogs from the start, but we ran a […]
November 12, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – The rapid spread of COVID-19 cases across Alaska, especially among health care workers and other essential first responders, is placing the state’s emergency response and health care systems at urgent risk. Today Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy urged Alaskans to take immediate action to combat the virus as the state remains […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Over 200 miles northeast of Anchorage, on Mt. Sanford, three souls were lost in a tragic plane crash on February 19, 1971. Intended as a straightforward ferrying mission from Fort Richardson to Fresno, California, the trip was one of the many test flights for the Army U8-D, the first multi-engine […]