Alaska Congressman Don Young has died
Young, a former teacher, trapper and riverboat captain from Fort Yukon was first elected to Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat in 1973 and has held it ever since.
Health Secretary Meets with Tribes
Yesterday (Tuesday), with Alaska's U.S. senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich and several senior federal agency officials, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius took part in a roundtable discussion hosted by Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native healthcare organization serving Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, and several rural villages.
Alaska is experiencing wildfires like it’s never seen before
Already more than 530 wildfires have burned an area the size of Connecticut and the usual worst of the fire season lays ahead.