In Friday’s news:
- Two more assessments teams put on Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig, Kulluk, yesterday;
- Two environmental groups calling for halt of federal permits for Arctic offshore petroleum drilling;
- Representative Don Young sworn in as member of 113th Congress;
- Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski will keep main committee assignments in 113th Congress;
- Cup’ik/Yup’ik military officer, Major Wayne Don recently moved up in AK Army National Guard;
- Alaska high school students eligible for summer science program in Greenland.