by Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Emma Richman | Dec 4, 2024 | Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson and members of the Alaskan congressional delegation celebrated Alaskan culture and inter-state unity at the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the Capitol’s West Lawn Tuesday night. A crowd of a couple hundred...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Transportation committee ranking member Richard Larsen (D-Wash.), questioned Coast Guard leadership on the U.S. ability to ice break in the Arctic Circle compared to competitors Russia and China after the Government Accountability Office released a...
by Kristen Axtman | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Tribal leaders on Wednesday urged the federal government for more money and law enforcement support to help them tackle the spread of fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times as potent as morphine – in Native communities. At a Senate Indian...
by Maia Pandey | Feb 1, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Communities and healthcare providers urgently need federal funding to address twin mental health and substance abuse crises, healthcare experts and advocates told senators on Tuesday “Almost 130 million Americans live in areas with less than one mental...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 10, 2012 | Business, Environment
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it is taking a diverse approach to energy development in Alaska where it is pushing for natural gas drilling, offshore oil drilling and alternative energy. Several cabinet agencies are cooperating with energy...
