Instead of launching missiles into the water near Guam, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will “watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees,” state media report.
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Humanities endowment to partner with Native nonprofit to promote language immersion education
A federal humanities advocate and a Native nonprofit are teaming up to promote Native language education programs. They’ll each contribute about $2 million to fund education programs within tribal communities aimed at revitalizing Native American languages.
Trump says U.S. military is ‘locked and loaded’ to deal with North Korea
North Korea has threatened to send missiles toward Guam. In his latest tweet about the isolated regime, President Trump says, “Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded.”
Sen. Sullivan wants 28 more interceptors at Fort Greely
Each missile costs roughly $80 million, so this is a multi-billion dollar proposal. “Buying that kind of insurance for everybody, not just Alaska but for every city in America, to me is a price that almost any American would want to pay,” Sullivan said.
Trump says U.S. will meet North Korean threats with ‘fire and fury’
The president’s remarks, made during a meeting while he is on a “working vacation” in New Jersey, follow similar remarks by North Korea a day earlier.
Drue Pearce appointed to U.S. pipeline safety agency
Former Alaska legislator Drue Pearce has a new job in the Trump administration. She is now the deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
U.S. senators: Same state, same party, not same page
While Sen. Lisa Murkowski was in the national spotlight for defying her party on health care, Alaska’s other senator, Dan Sullivan, stuck to the party line and attracted little attention. This was hardly the first time they’ve split their votes.
North Korea threatens ‘ultimate measures’ over new U.N. sanctions
North Korea is blaming the United States and threatening “something thousands of times worse” in response to a package of sanctions that the U.N. Security Council passed unanimously over the weekend.
With a few weeks to go, Alaska schools are short 245 teachers and special educators
On top of Alaska’s regular recruitment challenges, the Lower 48’s economy is strong, its supply of teachers short, and educators’ salaries are on the upswing.
U.S. appeals court tosses ex-Blackwater guard’s conviction in 2007 Baghdad massacre
Nicholas Slatten was convicted of murder in connection with the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians and sentenced to life in prison. The court also ordered that three other former guards be resentenced.