URBANA, Ill. — Natural resource management decisions in protected areas impact more than the wildlife and landscapes they’re charged to conserve. They also affect neighbors, who could otherwise hunt, build, or recreate as they choose on their own land. For decades, community members primarily voiced their opinions through brief and impersonal public comment periods. But […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON–Alaska – Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for Little Diomede after the City Office building’s structural supports failed. The Little Diomede City Office building partially collapsed, with portions of the building on the ground. The building has tilted over into the community school, which does not have significant damage currently. […]
Bipartisan, bicameral bill would establish a Workforce Housing Tax Credit to increase the supply of housing for middle-income Americans WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, (R-Alaska), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Mike Carey (R-Ohio), last week introduced the Workforce Housing Tax Credit (WHTC) Act to increase the supply of […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — On Friday the Coast Guard recovered the downed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed on Read Island on Nov. 13th during a rescue mission. The four aircrew members involved in the crash were medevaced to Seattle and brought to Harborview Medical Center and have since been released. Efforts to retrieve the aircraft included the Coast Guard, […]