Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Conference Report to H.R. 2810, the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, a bipartisan, bicameral agreement that authorizes $634.2 billion for base budget requirements, $65.7 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) and includes a number of Alaska-focused provisions championed by Alaska Congressman Don […]
Bethel-based AST revealed via the trooper dispatch on Monday that a police department employee in the village of Nunapitchuk had been the subject of a sexual assault late last week. Following the report at 4 pm on Thursday, the Bethel Violent Offenders Unit responded to the southwest Alaska community to investigate the allegations. Their investigation […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young Monday joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers urging House appropriators to reject the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) financial outline for the U.S. Coast Guard – a reported $1.3 billion in spending cuts. “Our recommendation is that OMB’s financial outline, specific to the Coast Guard, be rejected […]