Native American Group Slams Biden Admin’s Move To Limit New Oil Projects In Alaska
The Biden administration defended its recent restrictions on new Alaskan oil projects by saying the move would protect Native Americans, but the natives living in the region say they were largely ignored…
DOWNING: McConnell Eats His Own In Alaska
DOWNING: McConnell Eats His Own In Alaska Suzanne Downing on October 8, 2022 Sen. Mitch McConnell has no excuse. The ads his political group is producing to attack Alaska Republican Senate…
Biden Admin Spends Tens Of Millions To Deliver Fiber Internet To Only About 90 Rural Alaska Households
Biden Admin Spends Tens Of Millions To Deliver Fiber Internet To Only About 90 Rural Alaska Households Gabe Kaminsky on September 29, 2022 President Joe Biden’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) is…
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes southern Alaska region – EMSC
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck near Southern Alaska on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The quake, initially measured as a magnitude 5.2, was at a depth of 34.17…
Russia conducts military drills in Arctic sea opposite Alaska
(Reuters) – Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic on Friday as part of military drills designed to test Moscow’s readiness for a possible conflict in its icy northern waters,…
Murkowski, Palin Headline Alaska Primaries, Advance To General Election Stage
Murkowski, Palin Headline Alaska Primaries, Advance To General Election Stage Jack McEvoy on August 17, 2022 Incumbent Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Republican House candidate and former vice presidential candidate…
Alaska diesel spill of 18,000 gallons contained, may be from valve seal failure
(Reuters) -A spill of about 18,000 gallons (81,830 liters) of diesel fuel at North Slope Borough’s Point Lay tank farm in Alaska has been contained, thought to have been caused by a…
Alaska Senator to stall two Biden Pentagon nominees
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominees for industrial policy and weapons acquisition positions at the Pentagon will see their nomination process stalled, Republican U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan said…
‘Baked Alaska’ pleads guilty to misdemeanor for role in U.S. Capitol riot
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – The far-right media personality known as “Baked Alaska” pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to a single misdemeanor charge stemming from his role in the Jan.…
‘We Also Have Something To Claim Back’: Top Russian Adviser Threatens To Reclaim Alaska Over U.S. Sanctions
‘We Also Have Something To Claim Back’: Top Russian Adviser Threatens To Reclaim Alaska Over U.S. Sanctions Josh Hypes on July 7, 2022 One of Vladmir Putin’s top advisers warned the U.S.…
Sarah Palin Makes It To The Next Stage Of Alaska Race
Sarah Palin Makes It To The Next Stage Of Alaska Race Sebastian Hughes on June 16, 2022 Former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin advanced to the August special election for the state’s…
S. Lane Tucker Confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska
ANCHORAGE – The United States Senate confirmed S. Lane Tucker as the United States Attorney for the District of Alaska on May 17, 2022, and she was sworn in on May 31.…
Recognizing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in Alaska
ANCHORAGE – Today the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska joins with communities across Alaska in shining a spotlight on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. “Generations…
Alaska Dentist and Wife Indicted for Tax Evasion, Bankruptcy Fraud, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
WASHINGTON – In an indictment unsealed yesterday, a federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska, charged an Alaska dentist and his wife with tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States, bankruptcy fraud,…
S. Lane Tucker Appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska
ANCHORAGE – U.S. District Chief Judge Sharon L. Gleason appointed S. Lane Tucker as U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska effective April 25, 2022. Tucker is leaving her position as a…
Santos says ConocoPhillips road dispute not slowing Alaska oil project
MELBOURNE – Santos Ltd played down on Friday an Alaska road access dispute with ConocoPhillips, saying their feud was not slowing work on the $3 billion Pikka oil project or the Australian…
Alaska Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Threatening U.S. Senators
FAIRBANKS – A Delta Junction, Alaska, man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 32 months in prison and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to two counts…
Alaska oilfield gas leak estimated at 7.2 million cubic feet
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska -More than 7.2 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped in a leak at a key Alaskan oilfield, forcing workers to evacuate and cutting production last month,…
U.S. Marshals and Alaska State Troopers Warn of Scam
Anchorage, AK – The U.S. Marshals Service and the Alaska State Troopers are warning the public today of a telephone scam involving a fraudulent caller contacting convicted sex offenders and alleging they…
Gas leak spurs evacuation at ConocoPhillips field in Alaska
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska -A days-long natural gas leak has forced a partial evacuation at one of the biggest oil fields in North Slope, Alaska, media reported on Tuesday, with one…
Alaska worries for its salmon run as climate change warms Arctic waters
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska – With marine heat waves helping to wipe out some of Alaska’s storied salmon runs in recent years, officials have resorted to sending emergency food shipments to…
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Unalaska, Alaska
– A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck south of Unalaska in Alaska, a major fishing port with 4,700 full-time residents, on Friday, the Alaska Earthquake Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks said.…
Alaska Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Threatening U.S. Senators
FAIRBANKS – A Delta Junction, Alaska, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of threatening to murder a U.S. official, specifically Alaska’s two U.S. Senators. According to court documents,…
‘Unprecedented Warmth’: Alaska Records Highest December Temperature Ever
A weather station in Kodiak, Alaska, recorded the state’s highest December temperature ever when it clocked in at 67 degrees Fahrenheit on Dec. 26. “The temperature at the Kodiak Harbor NOAA tide…
A Las Cruces, New Mexico, Drug Leader Sentenced to 270 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking in Sitka, Alaska
JUNEAU – A Las Cruces, New Mexico woman was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess today to 270 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release on…
Justice Department Awards $177 Million to Assist Crime Victims and Improve Public Safety in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
PORTLAND, Ore.—On November 15, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that it will award more than $177 million to improve public safety and serve crime victims in American Indian and Alaska Native…
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