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Kaweah Commonwealth
January 31, 2018
There was some shuffling of jobs in the National Park Service this month. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that he selected Michael Reynolds to be the superintendent of Yosemite National Park in California. Yosemite has been without a permanent superintendent since September 2016 ...
KTVQ Billings News
January 31, 2018
October 10, 2008 - State investigator Stephen Branchflower releases a report that Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor and violated state ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired. October 18, 2008 - Appears on "Saturday Night Live" with Palin lookalike Tina Fey. November 3, 2008 ...
Flathead Beacon
January 23, 2018
15 resignation letter, former Alaska governor Tony Knowles, chair of the bipartisan advisory board, said the exodus was due to Zinke's refusal to meet with panel members or consult with them on Interior decisions, including a proposal to increase visitor fees at 17 parks, including Glacier National Park.
The Hill
January 22, 2018
While not surprising, it's still troubling that nearly all of the bipartisan experts serving on the National Park System Advisory Board felt compelled to resign in protest over the misguided policies of the Trump administration's Department of the Interior (DOI). The fact that these experts, who care deeply about ...
KTVA
January 19, 2018
Former Governor Tony Knowles said he has some serious concerns about the future of the National Park System. Knowles was one of 10 members of the National Park Service Advisory Board who resigned earlier this week in protest over a lack of communication with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
High Country News
January 18, 2018
Former Alaska governor and advisory board chairman Tony Knowles says sexual harassment didn't fall under the board's purview. He also talked with High Country News about why he quit and what the board's dissolution means for the national park system. The following has been edited for length and ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
January 16, 2018
The second session of the Alaska's 30th Legislature began today, with the caucus leaders expressing hope that this year will be more productive than 2017. Andrew ... Tony Knowles led a mass resignation this week from the advisory board of the National Park System, on which he's served since 2010.
Alaska Public Radio Network
January 16, 2018
Former Alaska Governor Tony Knowles. 2012 Photo by Lori Townsend. Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles led a mass resignation this week from the advisory board of the National Park System. He's served on the board since 2010. Listen now. As first reported by The Washington Post, Knowles submitted a ...
Must Read Alaska (blog)
January 3, 2018
As I read Charles Wohlforth's piece in the Anchorage Daily News about Alaska Psychiatric Institute being an unsafe place to work, I felt a twinge of ... Tony Knowles' first commissioner of Administration, swaggered — or waddled — into our office and announced that he'd campaigned with the unions for the ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
October 17, 2017
Former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles enlisted in the Army during the mid-60s, just as the war began escalating. Knowles' ... During an interview with Alaska Public Media, Knowles said he was working on an oil rig in Colorado, and as winter started baring down he figured he might as well enlist.
Kenai Peninsula Online
October 4, 2017
Ramseur himself is among the Alaskans with Russian connections. After coming to Alaska as a journalist, he began working in 1986 as a press secretary, chief of staff, and foreign policy adviser to Alaska Gov. Steve Cowper and later Gov. Tony Knowles. When he began making trips to the Soviet Union in ...
Juneau Empire
September 6, 2017
In August 2016, the National Park Service issued wildlife management regulations protecting the natural diversity of wildlife that were the result of 10 years of deliberation including an extensive process of public hearing and participation. These regulations encapsulated 35 years of National Park Service ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
August 31, 2017
Funding for THE VIETNAM WAR provided by: Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; David H. Koch; The Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the ...
Juneau Empire
August 17, 2017
However, we can bring jobs to an area of Alaska where economic opportunities are scarce, provide much needed tax revenues to the state, and contribute to the ... He worked at NANA during the development of the Red Dog Mine and was Commissioner of Natural Resources for Gov. Tony Knowles.
Juneau Empire
August 13, 2017
Tony Knowles was the last Democrat elected Governor. In a three-way race in which the incumbent Lieutenant Governor ran on an Alaskan Independence party ticket, Knowles won by only 500 votes. His 1998 re-election victory was equally unimpressive because the GOP withdrew its support for their own ...
Condé Nast Traveler
August 3, 2017
Following a record number of visitors to Alaska last year—1,857,500 from just May to September—the influx of visitors is expected to continue, with more cruise passengers arriving this summer than have since 2008. It's a daunting stat for travelers to the 49th state, especially those picturing a far-flung ...
New York Times
August 3, 2017
You come to Anchorage for Alaska, and to meet the welcoming Alaskans: both are sui generis, outsize and unforgettable. ..... Even if you have only an hour or two, the best, quickest escape is to hop on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, a beloved public trail that winds along the waters of Knik Arm and Cook ...
Los Angeles Times
July 29, 2017
Yet when the elder Murkowski was elected governor of Alaska in 2002 and had to appoint his replacement to represent the state in the U.S. Senate, he turned to his daughter. Despite complaints of nepotism, in 2004 Lisa Murkowski defeated former Gov. Tony Knowles, a Democrat, to retain the seat for a full ...
High Country News
September 11, 2014
During his 1994 to 2002 tenure, former Democratic Alaska governor Tony Knowles implemented non-lethal — albeit expensive — ways to control predator populations in Alaska: Instead of shooting wolves from helicopters, for example, he relocated and sterilized packs that preyed on the caribou herds ...
Juneau Empire
December 31, 1999
“I feel like I'm on an Alaska Airlines flight,” Dunleavy said, drawing laughter as he pointed out the crowded room. The candidates for lieutenant governor were asked their opinions about the state of Alaska's Division of Elections. Under the state constitution, the lieutenant governor has supremacy over the ...
Juneau Empire
December 31, 1999
No one has received a gubernatorial pardon in Alaska since 2006, and the new process doesn't guarantee anyone will, but it remains a big step for the state. “Based on the detail in which the process has been built, it could maybe raise (the governor's) comfort level enough to enact the program,” said ...
Toronto Star
November 14, 2017
KNIK RIVER VALLEY, ALASKA—It's like a trip into a too-perfect alpine .... And, accessible from right in the heart of the city, the Tony Knowles ...
Alaska Dispatch News
November 3, 2017
If you've been on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in a low-snow winter, you know what this looks like. ... (Vicky Ho / Alaska Dispatch News).
Bristol Bay Times
October 27, 2017
In a new legal document, Alaska's attorney general says there's no ... in 1990 and Tony Knowles more broadly in 2000, midway through his second term. ... an 11-member Governor's Tribal Advisory Council - G-TAC for short.
Alaska Public Radio Network
October 18, 2017
By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media - ... Former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles enlisted in the Army during the mid-60s, just as the ...
Must Read Alaska (blog)
October 5, 2017
Bill Walker on Wednesday said the State of Alaska will do everything ... its overreach that even Alaska's usually appeasing governor had to object to the ... Tony Knowles refused to defend state sovereignty back in the 1990s.
Kenai Peninsula Online
October 4, 2017
Visiting author looks at Alaska-Russian relations ... After coming to Alaska as a journalist, he began working in 1986 as a ... Tony Knowles.
Juneau Empire
October 1, 2017
Employees from the program have cleaned the governor's office for the past six administrations, Elstad said ... Tony Knowles' Labradors.
SFGate
September 27, 2017
Smack between a salmon-filled inlet and snowy mountain peaks, Anchorage is at the very edge of Alaska's vast wilderness. Everywhere you ...
Kenai Peninsula Online
September 26, 2017
... by Catherine Stevens and former governor Tony Knowles, who talked about ... on the Kenai River and other Southcentral Alaska watersheds.
Juneau Empire
September 6, 2017
In August 2016, the National Park Service issued wildlife management regulations protecting the natural diversity of wildlife that were the result of 10 years of deliberation including an extensive process of public hearing and participation. These regulations encapsulated 35 years of National Park Service ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
August 31, 2017
Funding for THE VIETNAM WAR provided by: Bank of America; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; PBS; David H. Koch; The Blavatnik Family Foundation; Park Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the ...
Juneau Empire
August 17, 2017
However, we can bring jobs to an area of Alaska where economic opportunities are scarce, provide much needed tax revenues to the state, and contribute to the ... He worked at NANA during the development of the Red Dog Mine and was Commissioner of Natural Resources for Gov. Tony Knowles.
Juneau Empire
August 13, 2017
Walker represents Democrats,” he told an Alaska Public Media reporter after Lt. Gov. ... Tony Knowles was the last Democrat elected Governor.
Cond
August 3, 2017
Following a record number of visitors to Alaska last year—1,857,500 from just May to September—the influx of visitors is expected to continue, ...
New York Times
August 3, 2017
You come to Anchorage for Alaska, and to meet the welcoming ..... is to hop on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, a beloved public trail that winds ...
Los Angeles Times
July 29, 2017
Yet when the elder Murkowski was elected governor of Alaska in 2002 ... Tony Knowles, a Democrat, to retain the seat for a full six-year term.
Must Read Alaska (blog)
June 30, 2017
Kookesh received his bachelor's degree from Alaska Methodist University and ... and was special assistant to Alaska Governor Tony Knowles.
High Country News
September 11, 2014
During his 1994 to 2002 tenure, former Democratic Alaska governor Tony Knowles implemented non-lethal — albeit expensive — ways to ...
San Francisco Chronicle
September 26, 2017
Smack between a salmon-filled inlet and snowy mountain peaks, Anchorage is at the very edge of Alaska's vast wilderness. Everywhere you ...
Norwalk Reflector
September 12, 2017
The next day we flew to Anchorage, Alaska which became our home base for the coming week. There we bicycled the scenic Tony Knowles ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
September 10, 2017
Published by University of Alaska Press, the book documents how ... Steve Cowper and Tony Knowles and for U.S. Senator Mark Begich.
Alaska Dispatch News
August 17, 2017
Stevens, 58, was appointed to a vacant Anchorage state Senate seat by Gov. Tony Knowles in 2001. He ran unopposed the following year and ...
amNY
August 7, 2017
Alaska is pretty much the antithesis of New York City. ... Hudson River Greenway = The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail: Bike, run, walk or ...
Condé Nast Traveler
August 3, 2017
Following a record number of visitors to Alaska last year—1,857,500 from just May to September—the influx of visitors is expected to continue, ...
New York Times
August 3, 2017
You come to Anchorage for Alaska, and to meet the welcoming ..... is to hop on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, a beloved public trail that winds ...
Los Angeles Times
July 29, 2017
Yet when the elder Murkowski was elected governor of Alaska in 2002 ... Tony Knowles, a Democrat, to retain the seat for a full six-year term.
Must Read Alaska (blog)
June 30, 2017
Kookesh received his bachelor's degree from Alaska Methodist University and ... and was special assistant to Alaska Governor Tony Knowles.
Alaskajournal.com
June 12, 2017
GUEST COMMENTARY: It's time to accept the governor's compromise ... CEO of Northrim Bank; Tony Knowles is a former Governor of Alaska.
youralaskalink
October 17, 2016
The second phase of a multi-year construction project to replace the over 30-year-old trail bridges on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail began ...
