SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 ANCHORAGE – Alaska’s Climate Action Leadership Team (CALT) delivered recommendations today for Governor Bill Walker and his Administration to review as Alaska works to develop a comprehensive response to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The Leadership Team was established by Administrative Order 289 last October, drew on expertise in environmental science, […]
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 ANCHORAGE – The recent sentencing of Justin Schneider highlighted a loophole in Alaska’s longstanding sex offense laws. Schneider entered a plea agreement for felony assault after he strangled and masturbated on an unconscious woman. For at least a decade, causing unwanted contact with semen has not been considered a sex offense under […]
Anchorage – Tuesday, Alaska Governor Bill Walker signed House Bill 235 into law creating a new honor to show the appreciation of Alaskans for peace officers and first responders injured or killed while exhibiting great courage and valor in service of their fellow Alaskans. The new “North Star Medal” is reserved for firefighters, police officers, […]
Alaska Governor Bill Walker, on Monday, ordered flags in Alaska to be flown at half-mast in honor of the 2,996 victims who lost their lives in the September 11th, 2001 attack. “The tragic events of September 11, 2001 are seared into our collective memory,” Governor Walker said. “I hope Alaskans will join me tomorrow in […]
ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska Monday reached an agreement with the Point Thomson working interest owners (“WIOs”) to advance progress of the Alaska LNG Project by aligning work commitments and timelines established in a 2012 settlement agreement. The state settled a lawsuit with the WIOs in 2012 to establish specific timelines for production to […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker today ordered all Alaska and U.S. flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Arizona Senator John McCain, who passed away on Saturday after battling cancer at the age of 81. He will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Senator McCain was a naval bomber pilot, prisoner of […]
JUNEAU – Because of dramatic declines in salmon returns this year, Governor Walker declared an economic disaster for the Chignik fisheries region today. Current harvest rates are low enough to threaten the communities of Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Perryville, and Ivanof Bay, which depend on the subsistence and commercial availability of salmon. With a […]
FAIRBANKS – Governor Bill Walker gave remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday at Fort Knox Mine for a significant expansion of the mine that is happening because of teamwork between local, state, and federal agencies. “Plain and simple, this is a great day for Fairbanks,” Governor Bill Walker said. “Because of this new investment by […]
Wednesday – Alaska Governor Bill Walker signed legislation sponsored by Representative John Lincoln (D-Kotzebue) to give Alaska school districts more time and flexibility to provide the local match required under the School Construction Grant Program. House Bill 135 loosens the existing three-year deadline, which can now be extended by the Commissioner of the Department of […]