A large 6.2 magnitude startled residents in the south central region of Alaska today when it began what seemed like minutes-long shaking at 9:51 am on Thursday. The quake, felt as far north as Fairbanks and throughout the Kenai Peninsula, and even Kodiak, occurred just 80 miles to the northwest of Anchorage. The quake knocked […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Gov. Sean Parnell met with commanders and leaders of the Alaska Army National Guard Sept. 20 for a senior leader workshop, held at the Arctic Warrior Event Center, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The group discussed professional ethics and developed plans to ensure the organization is meeting its obligations as a uniformed […]
Seattle-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has settled with UniSea, Inc., an Alaska seafood processor, for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act Risk Management Program. On July 21, 2010, EPA inspected the UniSea seafood processing facility located at 88 Salmon Way, Dutch Harbor, Alaska. At the time of the inspection, UniSea had greater […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaska’s Congressional Delegation and their colleagues from Washington State are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to change the market name for pollock and clearly differentiate it from inferior fish harvested in Russia. Supporting a request by the Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP), the bipartisan group of lawmakers wrote a letter (attached) […]