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State of Alaska Intervenes in Willow Project Lawsuit

(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, the State of Alaska asked the…

Dems Slam GOP Demand for No Corporate Tax Hikes in Infrastructure Plan

“Republicans’ insistence that the most profitable companies in the world…

March jobs down 6.9 percent from last March

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s March employment was down 6.9 percent…

Governor Dunleavy Orders Investigation into Unauthorized Sharing of DHSS Information

(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy Thursday directed the Alaska…

Winners of Alaska Junior Duck Stamp Contest Announced

Congratulations to Alain Soltys-Gray, 17, of Thunder Mountain High School…

State

State of Alaska Intervenes in Willow Project Lawsuit

(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, the State of Alaska asked the U.S. District Court in Anchorage for permission to participate in a…

By Lauren Gilliam | Office of the Governor on Apr 16, 2021Comments Off on State of Alaska Intervenes in Willow Project Lawsuit

March jobs down 6.9 percent from last March

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s March employment was down 6.9 percent from March 2020 — a loss of 21,900 jobs — as…

By Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Apr 16, 2021Comments Off on March jobs down 6.9 percent from last March

Governor Dunleavy Orders Investigation into Unauthorized Sharing of DHSS Information

(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy Thursday directed the Alaska Department of Law to investigate a potential violation of law after…

By Jeff Turner | Office of the Governor on Apr 16, 2021Comments Off on Governor Dunleavy Orders Investigation into Unauthorized Sharing of DHSS Information

General News

Anchorage Man Convicted on All Counts of Sex Trafficking Minors, Child Pornography and Illegal Possession of a Firearm

ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was convicted on five counts…

By U.S. Attorney’s Office-District of Alaska on Apr 16, 2021Comments Off on Anchorage Man Convicted on All Counts of Sex Trafficking Minors, Child Pornography and Illegal Possession of a Firearm

Winners of Alaska Junior Duck Stamp Contest Announced

Congratulations to Alain Soltys-Gray, 17, of Thunder Mountain High School…

By Andrea Medeiros | USFWS on Apr 16, 2021Comments Off on Winners of Alaska Junior Duck Stamp Contest Announced

Car Thief and Two-time Felon Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

FAIRBANKS – A Kalskag, Alaska, man was sentenced to four…

By USAAK Press Release on Apr 15, 2021Comments Off on Car Thief and Two-time Felon Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm

Pulled Over on Richardson for No License Plate, Two Jailed on Drug and Weapons Charges

A traffic stop on the Richardson Highway on Monday night…

By Alaska Native News on Apr 14, 2021Comments Off on Pulled Over on Richardson for No License Plate, Two Jailed on Drug and Weapons Charges

Trevon Allridge Sentenced to 45 Years Monday for 2016 Murder of William Schmaus

30-year-old Trevon Allridge, the man responsible for the 2016 execution-style…

By Alaska Native News on Apr 13, 2021Comments Off on Trevon Allridge Sentenced to 45 Years Monday for 2016 Murder of William Schmaus

National/World

Dems Slam GOP Demand for No Corporate Tax Hikes in Infrastructure Plan

“Republicans’ insistence that the most profitable companies in the world shouldn’t contribute a single penny to investments in roads, schools, and our clean-energy future is simply not acceptable.”…

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Apr 16, 2021Comments Off on Dems Slam GOP Demand for No Corporate Tax Hikes in Infrastructure Plan

New Bill Would Add Four Seats to Supreme Court

Democrats in the House and Senate on Thursday introduced legislation to expand the number of seats on the U.S. Supreme Court from nine to 13, a proposal hailed by progressive…

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Apr 15, 2021Comments Off on New Bill Would Add Four Seats to Supreme Court

US Further Punishes Russia for Cyberattacks, Election Meddling  

WHITE HOUSE – The United States is taking action to punish Russia for what it describes as “harmful foreign activities,” including cyberattacks, election meddling and aggression in the…

By Steve Herman | VOA on Apr 15, 2021Comments Off on US Further Punishes Russia for Cyberattacks, Election Meddling  

Buy-Back Program Sends Offers to Landowners with Fractional Interests at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation

Interested sellers have 60 days to respond to offers WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced today that the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations mailed approximately…

By U.S. Department of the Interior on Apr 15, 2021Comments Off on Buy-Back Program Sends Offers to Landowners with Fractional Interests at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation

Progressives Welcome ‘Incredibly Encouraging News’ of Planned US Withdrawal From Afghanistan

“With today’s decision, President Biden recognizes what the people of the United States and Afghanistan have long known: we simply cannot bomb our way to peace.” Progressive lawmakers…

By Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams on Apr 14, 2021Comments Off on Progressives Welcome ‘Incredibly Encouraging News’ of Planned US Withdrawal From Afghanistan

Federal Court Ends Trump Effort to Open 128 Million Acres of Atlantic, Arctic Oceans to Drilling

“As the Biden administration considers its next steps, it should build on these foundations, end fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters, and embrace a clean energy…

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Apr 14, 2021Comments Off on Federal Court Ends Trump Effort to Open 128 Million Acres of Atlantic, Arctic Oceans to Drilling

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NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Politics

HUD Awards $15.9 Million to Four Alaska, Idaho and Washington Tribes/Tribal Housing Entities for Affordable Housing

Across the country HUD is competitively awarding more than…

By Leland Jones | HUD on Apr 15, 2021

Bethel, Tuluksak and Chevak Communities Discuss Disaster Processes With the State

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Commissioner for the Department…

By Lt. Col. Candis A. Olmstead | AKANG on Apr 14, 2021

CORRECTION: Victim Succumbs to Injuries Following Metlakatla Trailer Fire Tuesday

Troopers report that a victim of a trailer fire…

By Alaska Native News on Mar 31, 2021

Scammon Bay Man Taken into Custody after Shooting Another in the Thigh during Argument Tuesday

Troopers in Bethel were alerted at approximately 1:30 pm…

By Alaska Native News on Mar 18, 2021

CASE COUNT SUMMARY – April 15, 2021

OVERVIEW – 194 new cases | 19/1 deaths |…

By Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Apr 15, 2021

CASE COUNT SUMMARY – April 12, 2021

OVERVIEW – 365 new cases | 1 death | 39 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 35.6% of…

By Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Apr 13, 2021

US Urges Immediate Pause in Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

Federal health officials in the United States are recommending…

By VOA News on Apr 13, 2021

DAILY COVID-19 SUMMARY – April 9, 2021

OVERVIEW – 249 new cases | 0 deaths |…

By Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Apr 9, 2021

Ocean-Going Robots Effective at Surveying Pollock

This may be the first time data collected using…

By Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Dec 29, 2020

Using eDNA to Monitor Alaskan Waters for Invasive European Green Crabs

Natural resource managers in British Columbia discovered several adult male…

By NOAA Fisheries-Alaska Regional Office on Dec 3, 2020

First Direct Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on Bowhead Whales in the U.S. Pacific Arctic Documented by Scientists

A new study provides essential information to conserve…

By Alaska Fisheries ScienceCenter on Sep 28, 2020

Rare Albino Fur Seal Pup Stands Out

NOAA Fisheries Affiliate Vladimir Burkanov discovered an albino…

By Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Sep 23, 2020

Congressman Don Young Issues Statement Following Oval Office Meeting

Washington, D.C. – On Monday, April 13th, Alaska Congressman…

By Zack Brown | Office of Representative Young on Apr 13, 2021

Alaska Court Rules in Favor of Governor Dunleavy in Appointments Case

(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court issued…

By Alaska Department of Law on Apr 12, 2021

Alaskan Fishermen call for swift confirmation of Janet McCabe as Deputy Administrator to the EPA

DILLINGHAM, AK – Bristol Bay’s commercial fishermen call on…

By Katherine Carscallen | Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay on Apr 10, 2021

After Decades of Raking in Corporate Cash, McConnell Tells CEOs Mildly Defending Voting Rights to ‘Stay Out of Politics’

“I have a feeling he thinks advocating for fair…

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Apr 6, 2021

The Arctic and Alaska Science

Improving sea ice forecasts for safer subsistence harvests

Alaska Native people have lived along the coasts of the Chukchi and Bering seas in northwest Alaska for thousands of years. The rich bounty…

By Anne Gore | Alaska Sea Grant on Apr 14, 2021Comments Off on Improving sea ice forecasts for safer subsistence harvests

Big Change on a Big Landscape

The Alsek, a world-class rafting river that flows into the Gulf of Alaska from its headwaters in Canada, may soon abandon the lower part…

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Apr 12, 2021Comments Off on Big Change on a Big Landscape

White-Winged Crossbills and Yellow Snow

While out on a springtime snow trail, I recently saw a dozen white-winged crossbills pecking at snow on the side of the trail. When…

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Apr 2, 2021Comments Off on White-Winged Crossbills and Yellow Snow

Tsunami awareness a priority nearly 60 years after last major Alaska event

It has been more than half a century since a major tsunami washed itself upon Alaska. The magnitude 9.2 earthquake of March 27, 1964,…

By Rod Boyce | Geophysical Institute on Mar 27, 2021Comments Off on Tsunami awareness a priority nearly 60 years after last major Alaska event

UAF’s Unmanned Aircraft and Research Highlighted for Alaska Senate

Leaders at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks delivered strong support of Alaska as an aerospace state in remarks Wednesday to…

By Rod Boyce | Geophysical Institute on Mar 21, 2021Comments Off on UAF’s Unmanned Aircraft and Research Highlighted for Alaska Senate

Science/Education

Warming temperatures tripled Arctic lightning strikes over the past decade

Lightning strikes in the Arctic tripled from 2010 to 2020, a finding University of Washington researchers attribute to rising temperatures due to human-caused climate change. The results, researchers…

By UW News Staff on Apr 13, 2021Comments Off on Warming temperatures tripled Arctic lightning strikes over the past decade