10th Governor of Alaska
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July 29, 2010, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today ordered state flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor and memory of the four crew members who were killed in the crash of a C-17 on Elmendorf Air Force Base. Full Story »
July 28, 2010, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell released the following statement tonight after a C-17 Globemaster III crashed near Anchorage. Full Story »
July 27, 2010, Juneau, Alaska – Concerned about the potential for substantial delays in offshore oil and natural gas development, Governor Sean Parnell today expressed his opposition to the proposed creation of an Arctic Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council (ARCAC). The advisory council would create another layer of review and oversight of the development of Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Full Story »
July 26, 2010, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell declared a state disaster for the flooding earlier this month that damaged sections of the Taylor Highway linking Eagle, Chicken and Boundary in the eastern Interior. The state will fund or will seek federal funding for emergency response costs, infrastructure restoration and long-term measures to prevent a recurrence of the landslide and road erosion damages resulting from the flooding. Full Story »