DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska –Mountaineering rangers on Mt. McKinley recovered the bodies of four deceased climbers from two different incidents. Inese Pučeka, Vija Olte, and Renārs Kunigs-Salaks of Latvia were among a seven-member climbing team involved in a fall near Denali Pass at approximately 18,200 feet on May 28. Rangers recovered their bodies […]
“The result,” said the author of a new Public Citizen analysis, “is a self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back.” Eighty-eight corporations that paid no federal income tax last year spent roughly $852 million on US campaign contributions and lobbying during recent election cycles, a report published Thursday revealed. […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement from Iron Dog Race Inc. that the world’s longest snowmachine race will expand its route to include three new Alaska communities: Huslia, Shungnak, and Ambler. The expanded route, which will travel through portions of the Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, and Kobuk Valley […]