WASHINGTON—Majority Republicans on a U.S. congressional investigating panel are faulting the country’s military for failing to respond to a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya to prevent a 2012 terrorist attack that killed four Americans. The panel’s chairman, Congressman Trey Gowdy, said Tuesday, “No U.S. military assets were ever deployed to Benghazi” despite the orders of […]
WASHINGTON – The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued its report concluding a review of the agency’s actions and decision to conduct an assessment of Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. While the OIG found neither evidence of bias nor a pre-determined outcome on the EPA’s part, it noted […]
Several calls went in to the Alaska State Troopers during the early morning hours on Monday reporting a suspicious person along the Richardson Highway, the trooper dispatch reported. At 1:43 am on Monday, troopers received a call reporting that a suspicious person attempted to enter the vehicle of a person stopped on the highway to […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker thanked the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission for releasing its extensive report on justice reinvestment strategies for the state today. In the report, Commission members provide data-driven recommendations for the upcoming legislative session to protect public safety, control corrections spending, and invest the potentially vast savings from averted prison growth into […]