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Alaska Governor Bill Walker Visits King Cove; Expresses Deeper Appreciation for Road Connection to Nearby Cold Bay Airport
King Cove, AK – Alaska Governor Bill Walker visited King Cove yesterday to see first-hand how critical the need is to link the remote Aleut community to the nearby all-weather airport in Cold Bay. The Governor also visited Cold Bay and the Izembek Refuge to view the area where an 11-mile single-lane gravel road connection…
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Witnesses Provide Compelling Testimony on King Cove Road Issue during Congressional Hearing
Congressional Hearing Washington, D.C. – Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor; a retired Coast Guard commander; and a representative from the National Congress of American Indians were among the witnesses who testified today during an emotional congressional hearing focusing on a life-saving road in King Cove, Alaska. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Chair of the U.S. Committee on Energy and…
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King Cove Leaders Condemn U.S. Interior Department’s Study on Non-Road Alternatives
King Cove Residents to Secretary Jewell: King Cove Lives Matter! King Cove, AK – King Cove tribal and community leaders are chastising the U.S. Department of the Interior for wasting taxpayers’ money on an ineffectual study of non-road alternatives from the remote community to the nearby all-weather Cold Bay Airport. The report ignores the insufficient,…
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King Cove Tribal and Community Leaders Thank Alaska Delegation for Legislation to Construct Life-Saving Road
King Cove, AK – King Cove tribal and community leaders thanked U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan and Congressman Don Young for introducing identical bills in both chambers of Congress this week which includes a land transfer and road construction linking the remote Alaska community to the all-weather Cold Bay airport. The small life-saving road…
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King Cove Tribal and Community Leaders Disappointed with Judge Holland’s Decision on Road
King Cove, AK – King Cove tribal and community leaders vow not to give up on a small gravel road linking the remote community to the all-weather Cold Bay Airport despite U.S. District Court Judge Holland’s ruling today. This morning, U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland denied the plaintiffs’ (the King Cove Group’s) motion…
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Coast Guard Medevacs King Cove Elder to Anchorage Today Due to Critical Health Concerns
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Two Coast Guard Medevacs in One Day Emphasize King Cove’s Dire Need for Life-Saving Road
King Cove, AK – July 21, 2015 – The U.S. Coast Guard conducted two back-to-back medevacs in King Cove yesterday, rescuing two patients separately who were suffering from breathing problems. Fog and low visibility prevented the Coast Guard chopper from landing at the King Cove airstrip, so the MH 65 Dolphin helicopter landed in a…
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King Cove Tribe, Community Thank NCAI for Resolution Supporting Life-Saving Road
King Cove, AK – July 16, 2015 – King Cove tribal and city leaders expressed their sincere gratitude to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) following the organization’s recent unanimous passage of a resolution supporting the remote community’s life-saving road to the all-weather Cold Bay Airport. “We are so grateful that NCAI understands and supports us…
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King Cove Leaders Laud Senator Murkowski’s Work on Interior Bill Protecting Human Health and Safety
King Cove, AK – June 16, 2015 – King Cove Tribal and community leaders are commending Senator Lisa Murkowski today for her hard work on an Interior bill allowing a land transfer and road construction between the remote community of King Cove and the Cold Bay Airport. The life-saving road link would provide much-needed access…
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King Cove Residents Elated Following Full Committee Markup Vote on Interior Bill with Road Provision
King Cove, AK – June 18, 2015 – King Cove residents are thrilled that Sen. Murkowski’s Interior Appropriations bill, containing a provision to build the King Cove road, has passed a full committee markup vote today.“This is one more hurdle that we’ve overcome,” said Della Trumble, long-time resident and spokeswoman with the King Cove (Native)…