Murkowski: Fed clean-up plan ‘dead on arrival’
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a proposal to have the state help pay for clean-up of abandoned federal well sites in the Alaska arctic is “dead on arrival.”
Murkowski pushes Izembek road with administration
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is lining up visits by administration officials to a remote Alaska village where residents are seeking a road through a national wildlife refuge.
TSA issues prohibited item reminder after finding flare in carry-on at Juneau Airport
Transportation Security Administration officials at Juneau International Airport found a flare in the carry-on bag of an Alaska Airlines passenger bound for Sitka Monday afternoon.
Begich says military plans Alaska training
Military exercises that bring thousands of personnel to interior Alaska were cancelled for budget reasons this year but U.S. Sen. Mark Begich says a smaller version could take place in late summer.
No 2013 Stikine subsistence chinook harvest
t looks like there won’t be a chinook subsistence fishery on the Stikine River this year. Officials this week closed the annual opening, scheduled for May 15th to June 20th
North Korea Sentences U.S. Citizen To 15 Years Hard Labor
North Korea has sentenced a U.S. citizen to 15 years in one of the country’s notorious labor camps for allegedly attempting to overthrow the Pyongyang government.
Saudi oil minister welcomes U.S. energy boom
Minister Ali al-Naimi scoffed at U.S. leaders who extol energy independence, especially from the Middle East, as a political goal.
U.S. Said To Be Leaning Toward Arming Syrian Rebels
As the U.S. considers a “spectrum of military options” it could take to assist the groups battling against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Obama administration is leaning toward giving lethal arms to some of those rebels, a senior administration official has told NPR’s Kelly McEvers.
Murkowski ‘irritated’ with U.S. Forest Service
Murkowski is unhappy with the U.S. Forest Service, and doesn’t mince words when talking about it.
EPA: Alaska mine project could hurt salmon streams
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report says build-out of the large-scale Pebble mine near the headwaters of a world-class salmon fishery could wipe out as many as 90 miles of streams and alter stream flows.
