Monday is the deadline for comments on Alaska Electric Light and Power’s federal application to investigate the feasibility of a Sheep Creek hydroelectric project.
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Obama Closes Trip To Israel, West Bank With Memorial Visits
President Obama wrapped up his trip to Israel and the West Bank on Friday with visits to three symbolic pilgrimage sites: First he laid a stone on the grave of Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, then he laid a wreath and a stone on the grave of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli leader assassinated in 1995. Finally, Obama made a somber visit to the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem.
VAWA provision triggers new debate on tribal authority in Alaska
One of the new, more controversial provisions – granting tribal courts jurisdiction over non natives for domestic violence crimes committed in Indian Country – has reopened a long-simmering debate about tribal power in Alaska.
Sally Jewell approved by Energy Committee
Senator Murkowski has threatened to filibuster the nomination over the Interior Department’s decision to prevent construction of a road from King Cove to Cold Bay.
Salazar reevaluating Izembek Road decision
The Interior Department will send its next secretary and undersecretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn to King Cove.
Murkowski introduces new revenue sharing bill
Under Senator Murkowski’s plan, coastal states would receive 27.5 percent of revenue generated from offshore energy.
Ostebo: Sequestration cost for USCG less painful in AK
Federal spending cuts known as sequestration will have less of an impact on the Coast Guard in Alaska than elsewhere in the country. That’s the word from Rear Admiral Thomas Ostebo, who is in charge of the Coast Guard’s District 17, which encompasses the entire state.
House Ethics Committee investigating Don Young
The U.S. House Ethics Committee has unanimously voted to create a subcommittee to investigate whether Congressman Don Young violated official code of conduct.
Draft otter handicraft rules face scrutiny
The federal government has a new proposal for defining handicrafts made out of sea otter pelts. But it’s not what some crafts-makers expected.
US to increase interceptor missiles at Fort Greely
The Pentagon says it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to an Alaska-based missile defense system.