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Alaskans, Canadians Pause to Recognize 100 Years since End of World War I

Alaskans, Canadians Pause to Recognize 100 Years since End of World War I

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, veterans, service members and community members gathered at the Alaska National…

Nov 14, 2018No CommentRead More

Representative Gara to be Honored Tuesday for Work to Help Alaska’s Foster Youth

Representative Gara to be Honored Tuesday for Work to Help Alaska’s Foster Youth

Anchorage – Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) will be honored Tuesday in Washington D.C. by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a legislative career working on…

Nov 13, 2018No CommentRead More

Alaska’s Namesake Ship, USS Alaska, to Visit Anchorage

Alaska’s Namesake Ship, USS Alaska, to Visit Anchorage

This week, you’re going to see something you don’t normally see around here: U.S. Navy Submarine Sailors.  Sailors from the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 732), homeported…

Nov 9, 2018No CommentRead More

General News

Man Slumped Over Wheel on Penguin Street Hit with Multiple Charges

Man Slumped Over Wheel on Penguin Street Hit with Multiple Charges

Anchorage police say that a phone call from an “observant citizen” led them to a…

Nov 14, 2018No CommentRead More

One Driver, Musher’s Dogs in Training Injured in Knik-Goose Bay Road Accident

One Driver, Musher’s Dogs in Training Injured in Knik-Goose Bay Road Accident

A two-vehicle accident on the Knik-Goose Bay Road resulted in injuries to one driver as…

Nov 13, 2018No CommentRead More

Suicidal Woman Taken into Custody on Title 47 Hold after Allegedly Setting Fire to Home in Palmer

Suicidal Woman Taken into Custody on Title 47 Hold after Allegedly Setting Fire to Home in Palmer

Alaska State Troopers report that they have taken a suicidal female, whose name they did…

Nov 13, 2018No CommentRead More

Thieves Steal Two Trucks, Pillage Two Connexes in Houston

Thieves Steal Two Trucks, Pillage Two Connexes in Houston

A Houston victim reported that thieves made off with a multitude of items from a property on…

Nov 13, 2018No CommentRead More

APD Says Spenard Holiday Inn Express Parking Lot Shooting is Drug-Related

APD Says Spenard Holiday Inn Express Parking Lot Shooting is Drug-Related

Although the Anchorage Police Department have stated that they believe the incident at the Holiday Inn…

Nov 13, 2018No CommentRead More

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How Did WWI Reshape the Modern World?

How Did WWI Reshape the Modern World?

A hundred years after the end of the “war…

California’s Deadliest Fire Leaves 48 Dead, Hundreds Missing

California’s Deadliest Fire Leaves 48 Dead, Hundreds Missing

Search teams in the U.S. state of California found…

Pentagon Chief to Visit US Southern Border Wednesday

Pentagon Chief to Visit US Southern Border Wednesday

PENTAGON — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis says he will…

FBI Reports Largest Spike in Hate Crimes Since 9/11

FBI Reports Largest Spike in Hate Crimes Since 9/11

WASHINGTON — The number of hate crime incidents reported in…

Rainforest Vine Compound Starves Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Rainforest Vine Compound Starves Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Pancreatic cancer cells are known for their ability to…

Diabetic Foot Ulcers Heal Quickly with Nitric Oxide Technology

Diabetic Foot Ulcers Heal Quickly with Nitric Oxide Technology

Diabetic foot ulcers can take up to 150 days…

Pain can be a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Pain can be a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Expect a shot to hurt and it probably will,…

If Your Diet Fails, Try Again; Your Heart will Thank You

If Your Diet Fails, Try Again; Your Heart will Thank You

During the holiday season, it can be difficult for…

Rainforest Vine Compound Starves Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Rainforest Vine Compound Starves Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Pancreatic cancer cells are known for their ability to…

NASA Brings Mars Landing, First in Six Years, to Viewers Everywhere Nov. 26

NASA Brings Mars Landing, First in Six Years, to Viewers Everywhere Nov. 26

NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and…

Pain can be a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Pain can be a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Expect a shot to hurt and it probably will,…

If Your Diet Fails, Try Again; Your Heart will Thank You

If Your Diet Fails, Try Again; Your Heart will Thank You

During the holiday season, it can be difficult for…

Trump Forces Out Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Trump Forces Out Attorney General Jeff Sessions

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump forced his controversial Attorney General…

Alaska Elects New Governor, Keeps Lone Representative for 24th Term

Alaska Elects New Governor, Keeps Lone Representative for 24th Term

Alaska shifted slightly to the right following the  Tuesday…

Democrats Retake House, Creating Divided Congress

Democrats Retake House, Creating Divided Congress

WASHINGTON — Democrats have taken control of the House of…

In US, November National Elections Have Long History

In US, November National Elections Have Long History

Throughout the world, countries hold national votes on weekdays…

The Arctic and Alaska Science

Materials From Arctic Shelves Are Changing the Water’s Composition

Materials From Arctic Shelves Are Changing the Water’s Composition

Materials from Arctic Shelves are Changing the Water’s Composition: Scientists say the input of shelf-derived materials to the central Arctic Ocean over the past decade appears to be…

Nov 13, 2018No CommentRead More

Alaska Chickadees are Brainy Birds

Alaska Chickadees are Brainy Birds

Alaska chickadees have proven themselves brainier than Colorado chickadees. A researcher at the University of California Davis once compared black-capped chickadees from Anchorage to chickadees from Windsor, Colorado,…

Nov 13, 2018No CommentRead More

Symposium Aims to Bridge Gaps Between Fishermen and Scientists

Symposium Aims to Bridge Gaps Between Fishermen and Scientists

Fishing and seafood-industry professionals will join academics at the 32nd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium in Anchorage next spring. The symposium’s theme is “Cooperative Research — strategies for integrating…

Nov 5, 2018No CommentRead More

The Humidification of the Arctic

The Humidification of the Arctic

Uma Bhatt remembers summers in Fairbanks when she could open a package of crackers, leave it unsealed, and find them in a near-identical state a few weeks later.…

Nov 2, 2018No CommentRead More

Events/Notices

DOT&PF Seeks Public Review of 2019 Summer Ferry Schedule

DOT&PF Seeks Public Review of 2019 Summer Ferry Schedule

(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities proposed Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) schedule for May 2019 through September 2019 is now available for public…

Nov 10, 2018No Comment

NEW Community Changemaker Grants for Native Youth

Leading the Way Native youth are engaged, resilient, and strong.    Some are taking on leadership roles and participating in their youth councils. Others are forming their…

Nov 5, 2018No Comment

At Sea

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays

It has been almost a decade since the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. Described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, nearly 5 million barrels of…

Nov 13, 2018No Comment

Alaska’s Namesake Ship, USS Alaska, to Visit Anchorage

Alaska’s Namesake Ship, USS Alaska, to Visit Anchorage

This week, you’re going to see something you don’t normally see around here: U.S. Navy Submarine Sailors.  Sailors from the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 732),…

Nov 9, 2018No Comment

NOAA Fisheries-Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Alaska Longline Survey

Alaska Longline Survey

So how does longlining work? I wasn’t sure myself before I got on the boat other than guessing that there was probably a line and it was…

Aug 6, 2018Comments Off on Alaska Longline Survey

Saildrones Head to the Arctic

Saildrones Head to the Arctic

The saildrones are completely autonomous, so they can sail along under their own power as long as there’s a little sun and wind to send them on…

Aug 6, 2018Comments Off on Saildrones Head to the Arctic

Fishermen's News Online

Salmon Hatcheries Make $600 Million Impact on Alaska

Salmon Hatcheries Make $600 Million Impact on Alaska

A report produced for eight private, nonprofit hatchery associations concludes that Alaska’s salmon hatcheries generate $600 million in economic output, with impacts throughout the state’s economy. According…

Oct 31, 2018Comments Off on Salmon Hatcheries Make $600 Million Impact on Alaska

Crab Quota Up for Bering Sea Snow, Down for Bristol Bay Red

Crab Quota Up for Bering Sea Snow, Down for Bristol Bay Red

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and National Marine Fisheries Service released updates for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands prior to the crab fisheries…

Oct 15, 2018Comments Off on Crab Quota Up for Bering Sea Snow, Down for Bristol Bay Red

Rural

Suicidal Woman Taken into Custody on Title 47 Hold after Allegedly Setting Fire to Home in Palmer

Suicidal Woman Taken into Custody on Title 47 Hold after Allegedly Setting Fire to Home in Palmer

Alaska State Troopers report that they have taken a suicidal female, whose name they did not reveal, into custody after a structure fire in Palmer on Monday…

Nov 13, 2018No Comment

Port Graham Sex Offender Sentenced in Death Hoax to Avoid Prison Time

Port Graham Sex Offender Sentenced in Death Hoax to Avoid Prison Time

The twice-convicted Port Graham man who attempted to fake his own death in order to avoid a lengthy sentence for Sexual Assault was sentenced in federal court…

Nov 9, 2018No Comment

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News

Chief-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 11th

Chief-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 11th

Tuyuq—Chief Tuyuq ap’sgu.—Ask the chief. Classical Alutiiq society had three social classes: wealthy people, commoners, and slaves. Social positions were inherited and permanent. One’s status did not…

Nov 12, 2018No Comment

Barrel-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 4th

Barrel-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 4th

Puuc’kaaq—Barrel Puuc’kaat saRayami et’ut.— The barrels are in the shed. The Alutiiq word for barrel—puuc’kaaq—comes from the Russian word bochka, also meaning barrel. This link reflects the…

Nov 5, 2018No Comment

Acid Society

BP Canada Spews Thousands of Gallons of Toxic Mud During Offshore Drilling Incident near Halifax

BP Canada Spews Thousands of Gallons of Toxic Mud During Offshore Drilling Incident near Halifax

BP Canada has spewed out 36,000 gallons of a toxic mud into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Halifax during deepwater offshore exploratory oil drilling, a…

Jul 12, 2018Comments Off on BP Canada Spews Thousands of Gallons of Toxic Mud During Offshore Drilling Incident near Halifax

Four Norwegian Companies Form Oil Spill Response Partnership

Four Norwegian Companies Form Oil Spill Response Partnership

Framo, Maritime Partner, Norbit Aptomar, and NorLense have established the OSRV Group which is claimed to be a ‘one-stop-shop’ for oil spill response. The companies in this…

Jul 8, 2018Comments Off on Four Norwegian Companies Form Oil Spill Response Partnership

Op/Ed and the Editor

Mike Dunleavy is an elected Governor for the State of Alaska.

Mike Dunleavy is an elected Governor for the State of Alaska.

Gubernatorial election was very important for all alaskan natives, because of the political corruption in the remote villages of Alaska, regional tribal governments, regional native corporations, and/also…

Nov 7, 2018No Comment

‘Alaska First’ is, and Cannot only Be, a Campaign Slogan

Dear Alaskans, I ran for re-election because I still believe that, more than anything else, Alaska deserves integrity, honesty, and courage. Alaska First is, and cannot only…

Oct 19, 2018Comments Off on ‘Alaska First’ is, and Cannot only Be, a Campaign Slogan

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In a remote area of northwest Greenland, an international team of scientists has made a stunning discovery, buried beneath a kilometer of ice. It’s a meteor impact crater, 300 meters deep and bigger than Paris or the Beltway around Washington, DC. Video-NASA