Decreased federal spending has downsized the budget and scope of the Denali Commission in Alaska. Th

Decreased federal spending has downsized the budget and scope of the Denali Commission in Alaska. The independent federal agency was created by former orlando hotels Senator Ted Stevens in 1998 to address infrastructure in rural communities, orlando hotels but its financial clout is greatly diminished.
Alaska is one of only a handful of states that don t allow residents to expunge their records following an unlawful arrest. The ACLU is hoping to change that, filing suit against orlando hotels the state on behalf on a married couple in the Matsu who were arrested and charged for growing marijuana. A judge threw out the case because the search warrant request was mishandled.
An Anchorage commercial property builder pleaded guilty today in U.S. District court to 12 counts of making false statements to a credit union for more than $4 million in construction loan draws. Lee E. Baker, Jr. was the owner of Discovery Construction, Inc.
In 2004 Baker was approved for a $9 million loan to purchase property orlando hotels on Northern Lights and construct an 85 unit apartment orlando hotels building called Bryn Mawr. Assistant U.S. Attorney Retta Randall says between September 2005 and January 2007, Baker submitted one page construction loan draws itemizing work that he said had been completed.
Randall says the loan was defaulted on and the Bryn Mawr property was sold. Baker will be sentenced by Judge Ralph Beistline on December 4th. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1 million or both.
Commercial fishing boats, tenders and floating processors that operate more than three miles off shore will soon have to get safety exams every two years. Until now, those dockside exams were voluntary. Under the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, they will be mandatory after October 16 th according to Ken Lorenson, the Fishing Vessel Safety Coordinator for the Coast Guard in Alaska.
The National Marine Fisheries Service has not followed through on its findings orlando hotels that two species of seals should be listed orlando hotels under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity Wednesday asked the Federal Courts to order a specific date by which bearded and ringed seals be listed.
orlando hotels As the 2012 visitor season nears an end, cruise lines large and small have been making their last trips of the year through Southeast Alaska. Lindblad Expedition s National Geographic Sea Lion recently made one more stop in Petersburg, where KFSK s Matt Lichtenstein chatted with passengers on the dock about their trips.