October 6, 2016 ANCHORAGE– Building on the cooperative relationship between Alaska and British Columbia, Alaska Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and British Columbia Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett and British Columbia Minister of Environment Mary Polak today signed a Statement of Cooperation on the Protection of Transboundary […]
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State Receives Grant to Process Sexual Assault Kits
Alaska Receives Federal Grant to Address Unprocessed Sexual Assault Kits October 4, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker announced today that Alaska will receive a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to process over 1,000 sexual assault kits in possession of the Alaska State Troopers (AST). This […]
AICC-2016 Fire Season Numbers Below Normal
Subsistence Resource Commission To Meet 10/11-10/12
Copper Center, AK – The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will meet at the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Visitor Center in Copper Center (Mile 106.8 Richardson Highway) on Tuesday, October 11, and Wednesday, October 12, 2016, to consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting […]
2016 Permanent Fund Announced $1,022
Governor Walker Takes Steps to Preserve PFD Program 2016 Permanent Fund Dividend amount announced in online video September 23, 2016 ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker announced the amount of the 2016 Permanent Fund Dividend today in an online video address to Alaskans, recorded at Valley Pathways High School in Palmer. […]
Public Hearings Set for Permanent Fund Voter Registration Initiative Ballot Measure
Public Hearings Set for Permanent Fund Voter Registration Initiative Ballot Measure September 22, 2016 JUNEAU – The Office of the Lt. Governor has scheduled several public hearings on Ballot Measure #1, the Permanent Fund Voter Registration Initiative, to take place in Alaska’s four judicial districts. The hearings are required under […]
Fairweather Sailing for Thursday Canceled
FVF Fairweather sailings are canceled Thursday, Sept. 22 due to severe weather in Prince William Sound. The ferry was scheduled to sail Cordova – Whittier – Valdez – Cordova. Additional information will be provided as necessary. AMHS staff is contacting affected passengers. Service notices may be found at dot.alaska.gov/amhs/service_notices.shtml or by […]
Governor Announces Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 16-083 Contact: Katie Marquette, Press Secretary – (907) 269-7447 Jonathon Taylor, Deputy Press Secretary – (907) 269-7458 Governor Walker Announces Appointments to AGDC Board Appointees bring extensive backgrounds in business, LNG, Alaska’s North Slope September 19, 2016 ANCHORAGE – As the Alaska LNG project continues […]
Decolonizing Alaska Opens September 16th at Valdez Museum and Historical Archive
This fall, the Valdez Museum presents a traveling exhibition of multimedia works by established Alaskan artists responding to the theme of the colonization of Alaska: the commodification and stereotyping of Alaskan cultures and iconography. Decolonizing Alaska is a traveling exhibition from Homer’s Bunnell Street Gallery in which artists inspire dialogue […]
Governor Walker Announces Trip to Singapore and Korea to Market Alaska LNG
Governor and Alaska Officials to meet with key LNG buyers in Asian Market to promote North Slope Gas September 9, 2016 JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker today announced his plans to attend the CWC 8th World LNG and Gas Series – Asia Pacific Summit in Singapore later this month. While […]