...the forelands, said Forest Service Ranger Tricia O'Conner. State Adjutant Gen. Phil Oates, who heads the Disaster Policy Cabinet, plans to travel to Yakutat as early as next week to assess the situation, said spokeswoman Kerre Fisher. Hubbard...
...who lives in Northway. "Our airport is just a disaster," he said. Maj. Gen. Phil Oates, who heads the Disaster Policy Cabinet, said a state disaster declaration can free up some federal money but its use is restricted to repairing highways...
...Brownfield has worked 11 years at DOT, serving five years as deputy commissioner. He also served on the Governor's Disaster Policy Cabinet, oversaw development of the Commercial Trucking and Enforcement and Safety Division, and worked in the department's...
...damage. Another $1 million in damage occurred in Nome after Knowles issued his disaster declaration. The state Disaster Policy Cabinet plans to meet on Friday to consider whether to add Nome to the request for federal aid, said Knowles spokeswoman...
...Division of Emergency Services would send someone to Dyea to assess damage and make a recommendation to the state's Disaster Policy Cabinet, according to Kerre Fisher, an information officer for the division. The panel's recommendation would be...
...attack. Knowles wants to spend the $100 million over 18 months on more than 130 priorities identified by his Disaster Policy Cabinet, which spent the past two months analyzing the state's security vulnerabilities. The priorities include a...
...commercial fish  coupled with low prices warrant a disaster declaration. They invited Gov. Tony Knowles¹ disaster policy cabinet to visit the area. Four peninsula lawmakers and the mayors of Soldotna and Kenai told Knowles by letter that an...
...Chenault, a Nikiski Republican. The package would fund nearly 150 budget recommendations by Knowles' Terrorism Disaster Policy Cabinet, headed by Oates. The package includes proposals to spend millions of dollars to hire and train more than 60...
...declaration after the unusually high snowfall depleted the city's snow removal budget. The Palin administration's Disaster Policy Cabinet on Friday sent a letter back to the borough. The letter said the request doesn't identify immediate life safety...
...celebration will be interrupted regularly with calls to the Y2K headquarters in Anchorage. And he'll be due at a disaster policy cabinet meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. If the weather's warm, attorney Tom Findley may try waterskiing in...
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