ANCHORAGE —Governor Bill Walker today joined a bipartisan group of U.S. Governors calling for immediate steps to be taken to make healthcare coverage more stable and affordable. The letter to Congressional leadership was signed by eight governors from both sides of the aisle. “Alaskans face the highest health care costs in the country. Thanks to my […]
WASHINGTON — It was expected to be a routine phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and one of Washington’s closest allies. Instead, last Saturday’s discussion between Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull reportedly became heated, spilling into a rare display of public diplomatic disagreement over a deal under which the U.S. would resettle refugees […]
GENEVA—North Korea’s leaders, including Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, must be held accountable for crimes against humanity committed against their people, a U.N. special investigator said in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Over the past six years, U.N. Special Investigator Marzuki Darusman has submitted a succession of hard-hitting reports to […]
Applications are now available for Sealaska Heritage Institute’s annual Latseen Leadership Academy program. This year’s academy for high school students will be held July 6-19 at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau. The academy will serve 40 high school students from Angoon, Prince of Wales, Klukwan and Juneau. Travel scholarships are available. Yées Sháade […]