U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) chaired the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY 2018 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior. Her opening remarks reflected Alaskan needs, highlighting areas of concern in the budget, such as the need for adequate funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and […]
A Pogo Mine employee died as the result of a bear attack and another employee was injured on Monday morning, the trooper dispatch divulged on Tuesday. Fairbanks dispatch was informed by Pogo Mine staff at 11:15 am on Monday that two of their employees had been the subject of a bear attack. The mine staff […]
Wednesday Ryan Zinke was confirmed to serve as the 52nd Secretary of the Interior with a Senate vote of 68-31. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) congratulated and welcomed Secretary Zinke to his new role as trustee to 567 Tribal Nations. As a key partner in advancing the trust relationship between the United States […]
The second-largest earthquake on the planet in 1904 happened somewhere in Alaska. It could have been St. Michael, Rampart, Fairbanks, Coldfoot or a place called Sunrise on the Kenai Peninsula. People felt the magnitude 7.3 at each place. If an earthquake happens today, within a few minutes Alaska Earthquake Center researchers post a map […]