Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 4, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska; Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Gov.
Biden faces dilemma in fight over large Alaska oil project
February 28, 2023 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden's climate goals.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 25, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Jake Sullivan; Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.
Alaska Native leaders, US senators back major oil project
February 15, 2023 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's Republican U.S. senators and several Alaska Native leaders on Tuesday urged the federal government to approve a major oil project on the petroleum-rich North Slope, casting the project as economically critical for Indigenous communities in the region and important for the nation's energy security.
Federal program helps Alaska villages get broadband access
August 9, 2022 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska will receive at least $100 million through a new federal program to expand high-speed internet to underserved rural areas and promote workforce development, officials said Tuesday.
Alaska to get nearly $132 million for fisheries disasters
May 6, 2022 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Commerce Department is allocating $131.9 million to Alaska for fisheries disasters that occurred between 2018 and 2021, according to Alaska's U.S. senators.
States may request federal assistance for fisheries after hurricanes, oil spills and other types of natural and manmade disasters that harm a commercial fishery.
Sullivan says he hasn’t endorsed yet in Alaska’s House race
April 20, 2022 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he is supporting fellow Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski in her reelection bid this year and said Tuesday that he has not yet endorsed a candidate in the race for Alaska's only U.S.
Alaska man gets 32 months for threatening to kill senators
April 8, 2022 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man who threatened to assassinate both of Alaska’s U.S. senators in a series of profane messages left at their congressional offices was sentenced Friday to 32 months in prison.
Alaska man who threatened US senators pleads guilty
January 5, 2022 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man who threatened to kill the state's two U.S. senators in a series of profanity-laced voice messages left at their offices in Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to making the threats in exchange for having other charges dropped.
Grand jury will get case of man threatening to kill senators
October 20, 2021 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A magistrate has ruled that there is probable cause for a case to continue against a man accused of threatening to kill Alaska’s two U.S. senators in profanity-filled voicemails left on their office phones.
Man accused of threatening 2 US senators to remain in jail
October 9, 2021 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man upset over the impeachment of former President Donald Trump, illegal immigration and the direction he thinks the country is headed is accused of threatening the lives of Alaska’s two Republican U.S.
Contract awarded for federal port facility in Ketchikan
April 7, 2021 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal agency announced Wednesday it has awarded a contract to rebuild its port facility in Ketchikan, work state leaders called overdue...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
March 27, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
ABC’s “This Week” — White House communications director Kate Bedingfield; Sen...
Haaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head
March 16, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for nearly two centuries...
Congress authorizes new Arctic icebreakers for Coast Guard
December 17, 2020 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Congress has passed a bill authorizing the addition of Coast Guard Polar Security Cutters for use as icebreakers, and an Alaska senator said the Trump administration is considering leasing an icebreaker owned by a Republican donor...
Sullivan says process should play out in presidential race
November 14, 2020 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, fresh off a reelection win in Alaska, said Friday he expects a peaceful transition of power in January...
Wait is on in Alaska Senate race as ballot count continues
November 5, 2020 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The waiting game is on for the candidates in Alaska’s hard-fought U.S. Senate race, with early results favoring Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, who predicted a win...
Alaska Senate race too early to call
November 4, 2020 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan expressed confidence in his reelection chances against independent challenger Al Gross Tuesday as Alaska's hard-fought Senate race was too early to call, with thousands of ballots yet to be counted...
Campaigns make last push for votes in Alaska before election
November 3, 2020 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The major candidates in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race are making their last push for votes ahead of Tuesday’s election, with the campaigns calling Alaskans and knocking on doors and the candidates holding last-minute rallies and stops...
Alaska US senator says he will support Barrett nomination
October 22, 2020 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he will support the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U...
Republican US Sen. Sullivan plans to vote for Trump
October 7, 2020 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said Tuesday he plans to vote for President Donald Trump, telling a radio program Trump and his administration “have been fully committed to helping our state...
Trump approves permit for Alaska cross-border railroad line
September 30, 2020 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved a permit for a proposed rail line connecting Alaska and Canada...
Sullivan, Gross advance in Alaska US Senate primaries
August 19, 2020 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Independent Al Gross won the Democratic Alaska U.S. Senate primary Tuesday, advancing to challenge Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan in this fall's general election...
The Latest: Gross wins Alaska Democratic US Senate primary
August 19, 2020 GMTThe Latest on the 2020 primary elections (all times local):
9:40 p.m. Alaska time
Independent Al Gross has won the Democratic primary in Alaska’s U...
Alaska protesters interrupt campaign event with animal heart
July 12, 2020 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Protesters in Alaska carrying a banner and a caribou heart interrupted a campaign event for a U...
Migrant detainees to be housed at 2 bases in Texas
June 25, 2018 GMTEIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration has chosen an Army base and an Air Force base, both in Texas, to house detained migrants swept up in the federal government's crackdown on illegal immigration, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday...
Alaska broadcaster known for Yup’ik stories dies
June 5, 2018 GMTANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native broadcaster who helped preserve the Yup'ik language and culture one story at a time died Monday...
Paul Nakasone, Donald Trump’s nominee for NSA director, warns foreign hackers don’t fear retaliation
March 2, 2018 GMTPresident Trump's pick for National Security Agency director warned lawmakers Thursday that the government's lackluster response to alleged Russian election meddling has failed to deter foreign hackers from attacking U.S.