U.S. senator from Alaska joins measure denouncing House’s Trump impeachment inquiry
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is co-sponsoring a resolution that bashes the House for its impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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Alaska
Fight over contested Alaska mine project aired at US House hearing
For Alaskans opposed to the Pebble Mine, a hearing in the U.S. House Wednesday was an opportunity to raise the
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Former Alaska state lawyer sues after being fired for not signing governor’s “pledge of loyalty”
A Fairbanks lawyer who used to work for the state has filed a lawsuit, saying she was fired after refusing
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Company behind contested Alaska mine project pays $1M to hire Washington lobbyists
The U.S. House will hold a hearing on the Pebble Mine, in Southwest Alaska, on Wednesday. Members of Congress should be
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Alaska Federation of Natives declares climate emergency
The 53rd Alaska Federation of Natives convention wrapped up in Fairbanks late Saturday afternoon. Conference attendees heard remarks by both
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Alaska prisons filling up since state’s reversal on justice reform
The Alaska Department of Corrections is planning to send hundreds of inmates to prisons outside of Alaska. The department says
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U.S. Justice Dept. awards $42 million in tribal grants to fight crime, help victims in rural Alaska
Speaking to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks, in the state’s Interior region, Thursday, U.S. Attorney General William
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Alaska’s senator Murkowski breaks ranks on ethical questions about President Trump
Lisa Murkowski is living up to her reputation as one of the few Republican senators likely to break party ranks
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Protest, policy critiques mark first day of Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
As the year’s Alaska Federation of Natives Convention began Thursday in Fairbanks, in the state’s Interior region, this year’s theme
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Alaska’s public broadcasting stations trying to make up for loss of state funds
Alaska now joins 14 other states that don’t fund public media. Public radio and TV stations across the state lost all their
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“It’s important to be aggressive about our human rights,” international Inuit leader tells Montreal conference
With international interests increasingly active in the Arctic, it’s more important than ever that Inuit stand up for their human
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Operation uncovers flood of painkillers reaching rural Alaska by mail
An operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies has turned up a previously undocumented drug problem spread
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Alaska remote diesel generators win exemption from pollution rule
Congress has passed a bill to exempt diesel generators in rural Alaska from an air quality rule that village utilities
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U.S. Justice Department to send millions to rural Alaska law enforcement
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday how it plans to spend millions of dollars of federal money promised by Attorney
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Alaska losing $102M in military construction for wall on U.S.-Mexico border
The U.S. Defense Department has finalized a list of military projects it will defer, using the funds instead to pay
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