JUNEAU, AK: This week in Sitka, Alaska, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council failed to take action on Chinook and chum salmon bycatch, despite the pleas of a broad array of Alaskans and overwhelming evidence from state and federal scientists that some runs are on the verge of collapse. According to the Alaska Department of […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Rear Admiral Nathan Moore, U.S. Coast Guard 17th District, commander, and Neil O’Rourke, Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region, assistant commissioner, and their staff met in Yellowknife and Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada the 7-8th of June to discuss joint mission cooperation in the Canada-U.S. trans-boundary waters of the Beaufort Sea portion of […]
(Kenai Peninsula) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy this week convened his cabinet on the Kenai Peninsula. The cabinet meeting coincided with a tour of the Marathon Petroleum Refinery and the Kenai Peninsula College’s Process Technology Center. “Kenai is Alaska’s playground, and I call it America’s playground,” said Governor Dunleavy to the cabinet. “It’s a great […]
Given the “extraordinarily good job” by Democratic impeachment managers the past few days, said Sen. Dick Durbin, “I’d imagine they’re pretty desperate to come up with a good defense strategy.” Provoking criticism that ranged from “jury tampering” and “another violation of their oath” to “such bullshit,” multiple Republican senators met with Donald Trump’s attorneys late […]