ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker last night appointed Robert Mumford to the Board of Fish. “I am pleased to announce Bob Mumford as my appointee to the Board of Fish,” Governor Walker said. “His vast range of experience in multiple fields—as a commercial pilot, hunting instructor and fish and game state trooper—has taken him all over the […]
JUNEAU—Governor Walker Wednesday issued an executive proclamation to convene members of the House and Senate into a joint session at 10 a.m. on Friday to vote on the governor’s appointments for Commissioners, Boards and Commissions. “I have assembled a team of respectable, hardworking Alaskans—many of whom have quit their jobs and relocated their families so […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker proclaimed Friday, March 27th, 2015 as “1964 Alaskan Earthquake Remembrance Day,” and ordered all state flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor those lives lost on that tragic day. At a magnitude of 9.2, the Good Friday Earthquake is the second largest earthquake in recorded history. Its force was […]
I’ve called on Governor Walker to look into selling the state-owned Kodiak rocket launch facility. That state-owned business has only launched two rockets (three if you count the one that caught fire – feds’ fault, not ours) in the last five years. That’s 1,825 days that a $225,000/year facility director has been paid to run […]