Alaska representatives pose tough questions on scoping, comment extension denial, and financial feasibility of “Small” mine Juneau, AK, – In a hearing cut short yesterday by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Alaska House Resources Committee heard about the Pebble project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) from Corps staff , Sheila Newman and […]
Ends Federal Enforcement of Prohibition in States That Have Reformed Marijuana Laws WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all R-Alaska, announced their support for legislation to protect states that have legalized marijuana. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reintroduced bipartisan legislation, The Strengthening the Tenth […]
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) –The Taylor Highway is now open from the Alaska Highway to the city of Eagle. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) Maintenance and Operations crews started removing snow and ice along the 160-mile road in mid-March. Crews will open the Boundary Spur, also known as the Top of the World Highway, […]
Multiple calls went in to the APD dispatch at just after midnight reporting a woman suffering from critical injuries and unconscious in the street on the 3400-block of Eureka Street. When authorities arrived at the residential area, they found the victim bleeding profusely from an upper body gunshot wound. She was rushed to the hospital […]