ANCHORAGE – Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) today expressed disappointment in Governor Walker’s decision not to pursue net neutrality protections for Alaskans through an executive order. Last February Senator Wielechowski, along with a bipartisan group of 23 legislators, sent the governor a letter urging exercise of his constitutional authority to issue an executive order requiring the […]
DURHAM, N.C. — About 3 out of 4 Americans agree that smoking cigarettes cause health problems, but public perception of the risks posed by smoking may be declining, according to a Duke Health study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. From 2006 to 2015, the number of Americans who said smoking a pack or […]
“The status of Pacific cod is probably the biggest fishery issue facing Kodiak right now, with the quota cut 80 percent for 2018,” said Mike Litzow, a University of Alaska Fairbanks associate professor at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Pacific cod stocks have collapsed, possibly because recruitment (production of young fish to enter the […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s population decreased by 2,629 people—about one-third of 1 percent—from July 2016 to July 2017, based on population estimates released today by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Net migration—in-migration minus out-migration—accounted for a loss of 8,885 people while natural increase, or births minus deaths, added 6,256 people. This was the fifth […]