Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed legislation (HB 65) granting the Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) the ability to issue up to $135 million in revenue bonds to fund the construction of a new passenger dock and terminal facility in Seward.

Senator Dan Sullivan celebrated President Donald Trump’s endorsement of the Alaska LNG Project as a top priority of his new administration in the President’s joint address to Congress.

Burn permits required for Southcentral, Southwest, and Southeast starting March 17.

Authorities in Alaska said they would attempt Thursday to reach the site of an avalanche that trapped three skiers, who were believed to have died after being buried in snow.

Senate President Gary Stevens, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, sent a letter to Alaska’s congressional delegation urging them to take immediate action against recent federal policies that endanger the state’s economy and the well-being of Alaskans.

The State is challenging a new Final Rule related to the Rehabilitation Act, adopted last year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

If the deaths are confirmed it would be the deadliest U.S. avalanche since three climbers were killed in a slide in Washington’s Cascade Mountains two years ago.

Prior to working for the Justice Department, Mr. Heyman was a partner at the international law firm of K&L Gates LLP, where he practiced commercial litigation and insolvency law.

This marks the second peninsula airport to see Ravn services cease.

The two grants were approved by unanimous consent.