King Cove, AK – July 9, 2014 – King Cove tribal (Aleut) and local government leaders sent a heartfelt letter to President Obama yesterday, hoping to convince him to allow for a small gravel road connecting the remote community to the all-weather Cold Bay Airport, located just 25 miles away. King Cove has been battling…

King Cove, AK – June 30, 2014 – King Cove tribal and community leaders are thanking Governor Sean Parnell after the State of Alaska announced it has filed a motion today to intervene in support of King Cove and the other plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The state and the King Cove…

Anchorage, AK – June 4, 2014 – King Cove (Aleut) residents, Alaska tribes and two local governments sued U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and several U.S. government officials in federal court today. The lawsuit was filed because of the Department of Interior’s denial of a road (that was otherwise authorized by Congress) to connect the…

Patient is the Fifth Coast Guard Medevac this Year King Cove, AK – April 1, 2014 – The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 58-year old fisherman from King Cove yesterday (March 31, 2014) during stormy conditions after he was injured on board a Seattle-based processor near Unimak Island in the North Pacific Ocean. The Seattle…

King Cove, AK – March 21, 2014 – Tribal and community leaders from King Cove, Alaska say the Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) have hit a whole new low after naming Senator Lisa Murkowski as the organization’s “Porker of the Month.” CAGW sent out a press release this week, saying the organization is ‘honoring’ Senator…

King Cove, AK – March 14, 2014 – Coast Guard personnel risked their lives this week during blizzard conditions to conduct two separate King Cove, Alaska medevacs in one day; a baby in respiratory distress and a severely injured fisherman. Both patients had to wait until daylight — more than seven hours – for the…

King Cove, AK – Feb. 17, 2014 – A 63 year-old King Cove woman remains in critical condition in an Anchorage hospital following a dangerous Coast Guard medevac over the weekend during gale-force winds and blizzard conditions. King Cove Mayor Henry Mack says the patient, who is his sister-in-law, is being treated for a heart…

King Cove, AK – Feb. 13, 2014 – King Cove Tribal and Community Leaders expressed indignation today, stating U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is ignoring the needs of the residents she committed to help. On Dec. 23, 2013, Secretary Jewell rejected the land exchange and small gravel road corridor from the remote community of King…

King Cove, AK – Jan. 15, 2014 – King Cove Tribal and Community leaders are praising the introduction of legislation today by Sen. Mark Begich to approve a land exchange and construction of a life-saving road corridor connecting the remote community to the neighboring all-weather Cold Bay Airport. This comes three weeks after Interior Secretary…