After receiving a call from the Alaska State Troopers reporting an overdue kayaker near Anchorage on Tuesday evening, the United States Coast Guard launched a Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that was redeployed to Cordova, to conduct a search of the area. It was reported that the man was on a kayaking trip from the Knik […]
Nulato man, 40-year-old Neil J Madros, changed his plea in a plea agreement for an incident that occurred on August 20th, 2013 in that community. Madros was originally charged with Attempted Murder after injuring another man in the community and attempting to drown him in a 3-inch-deep mud puddle. This Tuesday, Madros, in court pleaded Guilty […]
Senator Lisa Murkowski today continued to advocate for Arctic investment with her colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. While discussing the Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security funding bill, Murkowski insisted that the committee focus more on Arctic issues like maritime commerce, natural resource development, Coast Guard search and rescue, and the critical […]
Juneau, Alaska – In an effort to relieve some of the burden on small employers, Governor Sean Parnell Monday signed House Bill 141, dealing with workers’ compensation. By defining the rates for out-of-state services, HB 141 eliminates the potential for workers’ compensation claims provided in another state to be billed at Alaska’s higher rates for […]