Lisa Murkowski News

Murkowski is encouraging fellow Alaskans to honor the late Stevens, seen here posing with the Incredible Hulk in 2003.

Republican Lisa Murkowski , the senior U.S. senator from Alaska, has largely remained tight-lipped about this year's race for the state's other Senate seat, currently held by Democratic Sen. Mark Begich .

SAN ANTONIO, TX / ACCESSWIRE / July 24, 2014 / Nakoma Exploration, the parent company of OilBoomUSA.com, announced that year to date revenue from oil wells in 2014 is over $14 million, bringing the gross revenue from all Nakoma wells to over $205 million dollars.

Members of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs unanimously approved the nomination of former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald Wednesday to run the scandal-plagued U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Alaska Senate Majority informs that it welcomes news that Admiral Robert J. Papp Jr., the 24th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard since May 25, 2010, has been appointed by the U.S. State Department as a Special Representative for the Arctic Region.

In Mark Begich's view, fellow Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is a valuable member of his "team" on issues ranging from fisheries to fighter jets.

Kuskokwim River villagers say they accepted early summer fishing restrictions that cost them a chance at treasured king salmon in order to boost the struggling run.

In honor of the 75th anniversary of DC Comics' Batman, the Kenai Community Library is holding a superhero contest and Comic Con through Saturday.

Despite soaring U.S. oil production in recent years, the prospect of relaxing the 1970s ban on crude oil exports has looked as faint as ever.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cast doubt Monday on whether Congress would have time to pass an overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs and deal with the border crisis before the Aug. 1 congressional summer recess, our colleague Ed O'Keefe reported.

The Club for Growth and Heritage Action for America urged House members to vote against the bill by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., which would create a program within the Energy Department to focus on creating a long-term supply of domestic critical minerals, Geof Koss reports on CQ.com .

It's not hard to estimate how many young people in the region need help to fight hunger.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski got a firsthand look last week at the nation's ongoing immigration crisis, as part of what she described as an "eye-opening" trip to Texas she took to see how the federal government is dealing with the 57,000 unaccompanied children from Central America who have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border since October.

Three weeks ago, the Supreme Court issued a very disappointing verdict in Burwell v.

Last week, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner released a letter to a Virgin Islands official releasing U.S. territories from insurance requirements mandated by the 2010 health care overhaul law.

Glaucous-winged gulls nest in Glacier Bay. Federal legislation allows Hoonah Tlingits to harvest their eggs.

Alaska's junior senator, Mark Begich, addresses the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Fairbanks on Oct 25, 2013.

The six Alaskan libraries and museums nominated are: * Praising these institutions, Senator Murkowski said: "These fantastic libraries and museums do great work preserving the rich culture and history of their local Alaskan communities, and deserve national recognition for their extraordinary commitment to public service."

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued a new proposal through the Clean Water Act that limits mining activity in the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska, which struck a huge blow to the project that would eventually have one of the largest mines that is open pit in the world.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell has made opposition to the 2009 stimulus part of his campaign for a Republican Senate nomination.