U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, accompanied by U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, traveled to remote King Cove, Alaska yesterday to learn more about the need for a land exchange and ultimately a small gravel road leading to the Cold Bay Airport. That road corridor, if approved, would pass through a tiny portion of the Izembek Refuge,…

King Cove Tribal and Community leaders are grateful to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for its decision today. The ruling affirms then-Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s decision and legal authority to approve the proposed land exchange. “We agree and, we’re very happy about the decision,” said King Cove Corporation spokeswoman and Agdaagux Tribal member Della…

King Cove, AK – March 29, 2019 – King Cove tribal and community leaders reacted as follows to the federal court’s ruling:  “While it is disappointing that the federal court found process flaws in DOI’s explanation of the agreement, the King Cove Group will never give up our fight for this land exchange. It is…

King Cove, AK – Sept. 19, 2018 – Several state and local officials traveled to King Cove today to participate in the city’s dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony of Waterfall Creek, the community’s second hydroelectric facility. Since Waterfall Creek began operating in May 2017, it has produced more than 1.3 MW (megawatts) of energy and…

Sand Point, AK – July 16, 2018 – South Alaska Peninsula commercial fishermen are worried that any additional restrictions to fishing time could have devastating effects on families and communities. Tomorrow (July 17th), the Alaska Board of Fisheries will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. at the Egan Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage…

Anchorage, AK – March 2, 2018 – The Aleutians East Borough Assembly on Thursday voted to intervene in a federal lawsuit brought by a coalition of environmental groups against the Department of the Interior for signing a land exchange agreement that will allow the community of King Cove to build a life-saving connector road to…

King Cove, AK – On Thursday, Feb. 15, a U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew deployed from Air Station Kodiak to King Cove to evacuate a 58-year-old man who had injured his spine in a fall from a ladder. Weather conditions in King Cove were such that traditional fixed-wing aircraft could not land at the…

King Cove, AK – A tribal organization in King Cove, Alaska issued the following statement after environmentalists filed a lawsuit challenging the King Cove land exchange agreement signed by the U.S. Department of the Interior: “It is unfortunate that the special interest groups continue to ignore the health and safety concerns of the residents of…

Decision allows construction of life-saving link to all-weather airport to advance Washington, DC – Tribal and civic leaders from King Cove, Alaska today applauded U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for championing a land exchange with the King Cove Native Corp. that will allow the community to establish reliable overland access to the all-weather airport in…

King Cove, AK – King Cove Tribal and Community leaders are delighted after House Bill 218 passed during a hearing on the floor this morning in Washington, D.C.  “We are so grateful to Congressman Don Young for his unflagging support in pushing to get this bill passed,” said Della Trumble, spokeswoman for the King Cove…