Approval greenlights another carbon bomb, one of the largest U.S. infrastructure projects ever proposed ANCHORAGE – Thursday the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would grant approval for the exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure plan to export liquified natural gas (LNG). It would be capable of exporting […]
NOAA Fisheries is holding two public hearings in Alaska on the agency’s proposal to list the sunflower sea star as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The proposed listing was published in the Federal Register with a public comment deadline of May 15, 2023. The sunflower sea star is one of the largest sea stars in the world, and […]
Ruuwarluni – Arrow Game (verb) Tamamta ruuwartaallriakut Paaskaami. – We used to all play bow and arrow at Easter time. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) In the Alutiiq language, the word for “arrow”—ruuwaq—has a variety of meanings. It can be used as a noun to refer to the wooden-shafted, feather-fletched projectiles fired from […]
Anchorage patrol officers responded to the scene at 6th Avenue and F Street during the early morning hours on Sunday after a report of an attempted armed robbery. When they arrived in the area, they were flagged down by several individuals who reported a male suspect discharging a weapon nearby. The initial callers reported that […]