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Hurricane-force Winds Cause Extensive Damage in False Pass
False, Pass, AK – April 7, 2011 – A destructive storm sweeping through much of Alaska caused extensive damage in False Pass yesterday, including 100 mile-per-hour winds that collapsed buildings and blew part of a the roof off of one home. False Pass is located near the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula on Unimak…
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Recent Medevacs Underscore Need for Road from King Cove to Cold Bay Airport
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 2:20 PM King Cove, AK – Feb. 11, 2011 – City and tribal leaders say three challenging medevacs recently, including one today, from the remote City of King Cove, emphasize the critical need for the proposed road corridor linking the City to the Cold Bay Airport. King Cove community leaders…
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Governor Parnell Signs Izembek Land Exchange Bill
Anchorage, AK – Aug. 19, 2010 – Governor Sean Parnell signed the Izembek Land Exchange Bill (HB210) today at his Anchorage office. This critical legislation is another major step forward in the land exchange process. Pending approval by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a small single-lane gravel road (206 acres) would be built from…
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Governor Parnell To Sign Izembek Land Exchange Bill This Week
Anchorage, AK – Aug. 16, 2010 – Governor Sean Parnell plans to sign the Izembek Land Exchange Bill (HB210) this week (Aug. 19, 2010) at his Anchorage office. This critical legislation is another major step forward in the process. Pending approval by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a small single-lane gravel road corridor (206 acres)…
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Assistant Secretary of Interior Visits King Cove
King Cove, AK – Aug. 12, 2010 – Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, visited King Cove on August 7, 2010, to get a first-hand look at the transportation access problems facing this remote Alaskan community. Currently, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is conducting an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) focusing…
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Akutan’s Geothermal Exploration Paying Off
Akutan, AK – Aug. 12, 2010 – The City of Akutan is in hot water, but that’s a good thing. The first of two geothermal energy exploration wells has produced water in excess of 360 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the project’s geotechnical team, the early results point to a geothermal resource that could put Akutan…
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Area M Commecial Fishermen Volunteer To Sit Out First Opening of June Sockeye Salmon Fishery
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King Cove Plane Crash Amplifies Need for Road Link to Cold Bay Airport
(From left to right) Passengers Trisha Trumble, Eric DiGerlando, Steve Cypra and Charley Palmer unload their baggage from the plane after the Cherokee Saratoga crash landed in King Cove on April 27, 2010. Fortunately, no one on board the plane was injured King Cove, AK – April 27, 2010 – Residents living in King Cove,…
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Crews Scheduled to Drill for Geothermal Power in Akutan This Summer
Akutan, AK – Feb. 2, 2010 -The City of Akutan is in for a hot summer. Preparations are underway for drilling exploratory geothermal wells in Hot Springs Bay Valley on Akutan Island, just three miles from Akutan Village. Extensive prospecting, including soil and chemical testing, remote sensing using satellite imagery, and magneto-telluric measurement of electric…
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Akutan, Alaska’s Innovative Geothermal Project Could Fuel the Region’s Economic Sustainability in the Future
Akutan, AK – Sept. 8, 2009 – A geophysical survey team is using electro-magnetic probes in the remote community of Akutan, Alaska to help investigate the potential of the nearby geothermal resource. If a significant resource is identified, this would potentially allow the Eastern Aleutian region to realize a clean, inexpensive and reliable source of…