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July 21, 2017

House backs road in Alaska refuge

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation allowing a proposed road through a remote national wildlife refuge in Alaska that was rejected by the Obama administration.

A bill approved Thursday would grant a land exchange allowing Alaska to build the road between two rural communities, King Cove and Cold Bay. They sit near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, 600 miles southwest of Anchorage.


 
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