“Joe has much more controlled presentation. He’s not like he was six years ago. I think that election gave him a lot to think about,” Begich said of the Joe Miller-Lisa Murkowski contest.
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4 charged with illegally killing walrus, causing stampedes
Federal prosecutors in Alaska have charged four men with killing walrus gathered on the state’s northwest shore last year, removing the animals’ ivory tusks and leaving the meat to waste.
Navy has explaining to do about military exercise, Murkowski says
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the Navy is again snubbing the concerns of Alaskans as it prepares for the next Northern Edge. That’s a military exercise, held every two years, that stretches from the Gulf of Alaska into the Interior. The next Northern Edge is scheduled for May. Murkowski says more than 100 Alaskans sent her letters this summer with concerns about the potential impact of the exercise, particularly on fish and marine mammals.
Will paperwork kill traditional tattooing?
The revitalization of Native tattoo art could be slowed by an unexpected barrier: state bureaucracy.
Flint water help could spill into rural Alaska
The Senate is likely to pass a Water Resources bill this week that would send $100 million to Flint, Michigan, to resolve that community’s drinking water crisis. But the bill could be a plum for rural Alaska, too.
Lullaby Project connects mothers to children through prison walls
A program aimed at helping mothers who are in prison connect with their kids is called the Lullaby Project. Professional musicians work with inmates at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River to write songs for the inmate’s children then the musicians record them onto a CD.