"King Cove"

Alaska’s legislature is still searching for ways to connect King Cove and Cold Bay by building a road through a federal wildlife refuge.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski has promised to continue fighting for a road connecting King Cove to Cold Bay.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was in King Cove Friday to visit with residents about a road they want to build through the heart of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

The eruption at Pavlof Volcano, on the Alaska Peninsula, has picked up again. The volcano is spewing ash to 28,000-feet, the highest it’s reached since the unrest started in early May.

The Interior Department will send its next secretary and undersecretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn to King Cove.

Residents say they need it for emergency medical services; that flying in and out of King Cove is too dangerous and too often cancelled.