KOTZEBUE, Alaska – U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development Alaska State Director Jim Nordlund today announced they have approved a Community Facility Grant of $24,900 to the Maniilaq Association, which provides health and social services to residents of Northwest Alaska. The funding will be used to purchase “snowbulances” for the communities of Ambler, Deering and Selawik. […]
Washington, D.C. – By voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday passed Alaska Congressman Don Young’s amendment to H.R. 2822, the 2016 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which would limit funds from being used to implement the Obama Administration’s revised conservation plan for managing the coastal plain of ANWR […]
In an odd turn of events in the nation’s capitol, Alaska’s Senator Murkowski, who has been an outspoken supporter, and has even led the fight for new icebreakers, voted against an amendment proposed by Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois to add $940 million to the Defense Spending Bill to acquire an icebreaker. Murkowski has made […]
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the United States is providing an additional $9 million in aid for earthquake-ravaged Nepal. The added funding brings to $10 million dollars the total amount announced by the U.S. since Saturday’s quake, which has left more than 3,700 people dead. The U.S. Agency for International Development statement said […]