ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement after a federal judge in Alaska issued a ruling on Tuesday that blocks a proposed land exchange to facilitate construction of a life-saving road between the isolated community of King Cove, Alaska, and nearby Cold Bay, which is home to an all-weather airport. “Today’s ruling by […]
The Assayer in charge of the US Assay Office branch in Seattle, John Phillips, made an announcement on August 20th, 1915. In that announcement, he said that during the fiscal year of 1915 that began on July 1st, 1914, and ran to June 30th, 1915, 19 tons of gold had been deposited […]
For the first time, the impacts of plastic pollution have been seen at a population level in wild animals. Consuming just 0.5 grams of plastic reduces the recruitment of juvenile sable shearwaters by 12%. Seabird chicks which have been fed more than five grams of plastic will likely die out at sea and never return […]
SEWARD—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee overseeing the Coast Guard, and Admiral Kevin Lunday, the 28th Commandant of the Coast Guard, last week celebrated the awarding of more than $2.3 million in federal grants to two Seward shipyard operators to expand vessel-handling capacity, modernize equipment, and strengthen Alaska’s maritime infrastructure. […]