(James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) – Trustees are considering that idea and others, including an amendment to the Alaska Constitution, as they seek to increase the fund’s value
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Washington, D.C. (KINY) – Friday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) introduced legislation that will help ensure that existing hydroelectric facilities are able to continue to provide emissions-free, flexible, and affordable electricity to Alaskan ratepayers. They were also original cosponsors of the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023.
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Plane that crashed, killing Rep. Peltola’s husband, had over 500 pounds of meat and antlers on board
Juneau, Alaska (AP) – A small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday.
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Washington, D.C. (KINY) – Thursday, Representative Peltola announced an upcoming transition in her district office, with Josh Revak departing as State Director.
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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) has received a $3 million grant to help with suicide prevention.
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Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) – The Karpel Foundation recognized Assistant District Attorney Bailey Woolfstead for her work in prosecution with a $10,000 grant.
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(KINY) – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging Eddie Manuel Nunez Santos, a/k/a “Lucas,” with making hoax bomb threats to more than 150 school districts, synagogues, airports, hospitals, and a shopping mall between Sept. 15 and Sept. 21, 2023.
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(Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) – Graphite is crucial for electrical vehicles, but China controls the global supply. A mine on the Seward Peninsula could help change that — but it’s perched above an essential Iñupiaq subsistence area.
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Washington, D.C (KINY) – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski helped secure unanimous consent for the Senate to pass H.R. 5110, the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act, which would make congressional intent abundantly clear and reverse a misinterpretation of law that is preventing schools from using federal education funds for hunter safety education and archery programs.
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(Alaska Beacon/Yereth Rosen) – Alaska’s largest Native organization has sided with the federal government in its dispute with the state over salmon management in the Kuskokwim River, saying that the state’s position is attacking its interests and those of its members.
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