Response to a 2015 SEACC petition acknowledges Alaskans’ high fish consumption rates and disproportionate health impacts The Environmental Protection Agency has demanded changes to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s water quality standards within six to 12 months. The current human health criteria are based on inaccurate assumptions — Alaskans eat far more than the […]
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded a $139 million, five-year contract to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the global collection and processing of elevation and 3D data about Earth’s surface. The NGA, part of the U.S. Department of Defense, provides global geospatial data and geospatial intelligence to assist policymakers, military service members, the intelligence community […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Arizona man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison and three years’ supervised release for supplying hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to Alaska over multiple months. According to court documents, Odarious Shaw, 25, distributed fentanyl pills to Alaska twice a week for over six months in quantities of 40-50,000 […]
WASHINGTON — In the remote and rural communities of southeastern Alaska, news is never in short supply thanks to a small but dedicated crew of journalists. “We are what we call community radio,” said Angela Denning. The radio journalist is the regional news director of the media nonprofit CoastAlaska and oversees six newsrooms. All of them, […]