Southeast Alaska port development named for Frank Murkowski

By: Larry Persily

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: November 5, 2026

Words: 589

Last Updated: 4 days, 9 hours ago

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The Republican trio served together in Congress for more than two decades, and while the Anchorage port is named for the late Rep. Don Young and the Anchorage airport is named for the late Sen. Ted Stevens, their congressional colleague, Sen. Frank Murkowski, is more at home in Southeast.

The Wrangell borough assembly on Oct. 27 voted unanimously to name the former 6-Mile sawmill property, which the borough is developing as an industrial site, as …

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