DILLINGHAM, AK – Bristol Bay’s communities submitted over 1,500 written comments supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed restrictions to protect the waters of Bristol Bay from mines like Pebble. During the public hearings, over 85% of in-region testimony supported Clean Water Act protections and passionately communicated to EPA that mines like Pebble would pose significant […]
In what seems an effort to derail the unified ticket of Governor candidate Bill Walker and Lt. Governor candidate Byron Mallott, who joined together from both the Republican and Democrat camps to run against the incumbent candidate, Sean Parnell, the District 21 Chairman of the Alaska Republican Party filed a lawsuit challenging the emergency regulation […]
September 17, 2014, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today announced that the 2014 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) will be $1,884.00. The first dividends will be paid on October 2, when approximately 510,731 applicants will receive a direct deposit into their bank account, and 88,186 will be mailed a check. Paper checks will enter the […]
Senator Lisa Murkowski’s outreach to the Secretary of Agriculture has yielded an agreement from the USDA that they won’t use Lower 48 perishable food availability standards to judge how Alaska’s rural residents and retailers participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). With the logistical and economic challenges of getting affordable perishable food out to […]