JUNEAU – Because of dramatic declines in salmon returns this year, Governor Walker declared an economic disaster for the Chignik fisheries region today. Current harvest rates are low enough to threaten the communities of Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Perryville, and Ivanof Bay, which depend on the subsistence and commercial availability of salmon. With a […]
Anchorage police say that they now have the two suspects in custody that they believe are responsible for the February 2017 fire that took the lives of three victims. Following a grand jury indictment on Thursday that handed down multiple charges that included nine counts of Murder II, Arson I, six counts of Manslaughter, two counts […]
Dear friends, Summertime is always busy in Washington, D.C. and before I came home for the district work period this month, Congress was busy passing important legislation for both Alaska and the nation. The House passed my bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act for the first time in over a decade, I voted to help […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Department of Public Safety has released 2017 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data in compliance with federal and state regulations. The FBI assumed responsibility for the UCR Program in the 1930s to help generate national crime statistics. DPS is the UCR administrator for Alaska; state statute requires police agencies to submit data […]