Travelers are encouraged to check road conditions at 511.alaska.gov before traveling (Fairbanks, Alaska) – The McCarthy Road is now open for travel. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) will perform regular maintenance now through October 15. Beginning early March, DOT&PF maintenance crews conducted snow removal and thawed culverts to restore the highway to […]
Trail, Road — Aprun, Apruteq Kuingtua aprutkun. – I am walking down the trail. Across the Kodiak Archipelago, trails help hikers travel overland through thick forests and dense brush. You can hike to the summit of Kashevaroff Mountain on a trail or follow the network of coastal paths that lead to Termination Point. Although animals, […]
King Cove, AK—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, last Wednesday praised the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) for releasing a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) that recommends a land exchange for a life-saving road that will connect the predominantly Aleut community of King Cove to the all-weather airport in nearby Cold Bay. In its […]
WASHINGTON – Friday, U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska and U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, issued the following statements condemning the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) for selecting the “no action” alternative in its Record of Decision (ROD) for the Ambler Access Project (Ambler). The ROD rejects Ambler, a private […]