On these quiet, still days, as winter plods on, Alaskans tend to notice any movement outside their windows, such as dancing power wires strung between poles. The answer as to why the wires bounce is in Neil Davis’s “Alaska Science Nuggets.” First, though, a refresher on that book — a compilation of 400 of these […]
Alaska Sea Grant at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has received a $450,000 donation from Northwest Farm Credit Services to fund several programs that support Alaska’s commercial seafood harvesters. The donation from Northwest Farm Credit Services, a cooperative that finances farmers, ranchers, commercial fishermen and more, is directed to programs that provide business education and […]
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan late Saturday Japan time (5:23 am Saturday-Alaska Time). The quake occurred 37 miles beneath the ocean floor in the same region where the March 11th, 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami, damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japanese residents breathed a sigh of relief […]
DHSS today announced 145 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 134 were residents in: Anchorage (62), Wasilla (15), Palmer (13), Fairbanks (10), Eagle River (7), Kusilvak Census Area (7), Bethel Census Area (4), Bethel (2), Juneau (2), Ketchikan (2), and one each in Chugiak, Cordova, Haines, Homer, Hooper Bay, North Pole, Northwest Arctic Borough, Petersburg, Salcha and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Eleven new nonresident cases were identified yesterday in: Unalaska: […]