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- October 25th, 1916 Oct 25, 2020The post October 25th, 1916 appeared first on Alaska Native News.
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- Coast Guard Saves Sinking Fishing Vessel Near Icy Bay Oct 24, 2020A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew delivers a dewatering pump to a vessel in distress six miles south of Icy Bay Oct. 22, 2020. The fishing vessel crew members reported taking on water and the Jayhawk aircrew delivered a dewatering pump to the vessel to assist with flooding while crews […]
- Fireball in the Sky over Alaska Oct 24, 2020Katie Kangas operates a bed-and-breakfast in Ruby, Alaska. On the morning of October 15, she turned to look out her picture window, toward the cabin next door. She was waiting for her client to switch the light on, at which point she would step out and deliver his breakfast. Staring out into the darkness, […]
- Alaska COVID-19 Case Count Summary: Oct. 23, 2020 Oct 24, 2020DHSS today announced 242 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 239 are residents in: Anchorage (143), Wasilla (24), Fairbanks (21), Juneau (6), Kenai (7), Palmer (6), Chugiak (5), Bethel Census Area (4), Eagle River (3), Bethel (2), Chevak (2), Kotzebue (2), Soldotna (2), one each in Big Lake, Douglas, Homer, Kodiak, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, North Pole, Sterling, Sutton-Alpine and Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area; two cases […]
- Rushed, Reckless Seismic Testing Imperils Wildlife, Stifles the American Public’s Voice Oct 23, 2020WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 23, 2020) — The Department of Interior’s headlong rush to conduct seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge threatens iconic wildlife and Indigenous communities that depend on this pristine land. The rushed, 14-day comment period — in the midst of a global pandemic — all but ensures that the public’s […]
- Despite “It’s Going Away” Lies From Trump, US Breaks Coronavirus Infection Record Just 11 Days Before Election Oct 23, 202077,640 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Thursday. With Election Day a mere 11 days out—and after repeated claims by President Donald Trump the nation is “rounding the corner” on the virus—the number of coronavirus cases the United States has now set a new record high. According to NBC News‘s tally, 77,640 new Covid-19 cases […]
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- Five APD Officers Involved in Toakoana Drive Shooting, Investigation Continuing Oct 23, 2020While authorities as yet have not divulged the name of the suspect shot during a SWAT standoff in Eagle River, nor the names of the APD officers involved that opened fire on him, they have released additional details in the incident. APD reports that they responded to the 17400-block of Toakoana Drive at 5:47 […]
- Alaska COVID-19 Case Count Summary: Oct. 22, 2020 Oct 23, 2020DHSS today announced 210 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 210 are residents in: Chevak (58), Anchorage (55), Bethel Census Area (23), Wasilla (22), Kenai (9), Nome Census Area (8), Bethel (6), Fairbanks (5), Juneau (3), Soldotna (3), Eagle River (3), Chugiak (2), Palmer (2), Utqiaġvik (2) and one each in Delta Junction, Kotzebue, Kusilvak Census Area, Mat-Su Borough, Nikiski, North Slope Borough, Skagway, Valdez and Valdez-Cordova Census Area. No new […]
Salmon Harvests in Alaska Generally Below Expectations
Commercial salmon harvests in Alaska are off to a slow start in the 2020 season, with year-to-date statewide landings at just over three million fish – the lowest in…
Copper River Seafoods Initiates New Cost Saver Cold Storage Plan
After years of storing large quantities of its flash frozen seafood with a Seattle cold storage firm, Copper River Seafoods is investing in its own cold storage facility in…
Harvests Dwindling in Copper River, Prince William Sound Opens
Four weeks into Alaska’s famed Copper River salmon fishery just half of the potential 12-hour commercial openers have been fished and inseason harvest estimates compiled by the Alaska Department…
Factory Trawler Crew Infected With COVID-19
Eighty-six of 126 crewmen on board the American Seafoods factory trawler American Dynasty have tested positive for COVID-19 in the wake of a fishing trip off the coast of Washington State,…
Latest Pebble Plan Bump Hinges on Mine Access
Federal officials tasked with deciding whether to issue a crucial permit for the proposed Pebble mine, in Southwest Alaska, have identified as a preferred transportation route acreage owned by…
BBRSDA Issues its Own COVID-19 Fishermen’s Handbook
The Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (BBSDA) has posted its own COVID-19 Fishermen’s Handbook, online here. The intent is educating the fishermen on how to comply with state…
Copper River Fishery Gets Off to a Slow Start
Commercial salmon harvesters are off to a slow start in the Copper River fishery, which in its first two 12-hour periods delivered a total of 3,255 Chinook and 6,025…
GAPP’s European Partners Plan New Pollock Products
An investment of nearly $1 million by the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers will result in an array of new Pollock products coming online this fall and in…
Trident Closes False Pass Seafoods for Summer
Trident Seafoods officials say they will not operate their False Pass Seafoods processing facility this summer due to uncertain marketplace conditions. The company released a statement saying it was…
