Chalk, other illegal and mislabelled products pose serious risks to kids, elderly, pets SEATTLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday issued a “Stop Sale” order to online marketplace Bonanza.com requiring the company to immediately halt sales of a dozen imported pesticide products not legal — or safe — for sale in the […]
Hello. I am watching 360North and watching media and Alaska Natives and how they are portrayed in the media. Guest speakers. It got me thinking about what is wrong and what is lacking? They are looking to rid the USDA inspector for Alaska. I wonder why they are not putting ‘USDA process stations’ in the […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Walker is encouraged by the United States Trade Representative’s removal of Alaska salmon from the list of goods subject to new tariffs between the U.S. and China. Salmon filets join Alaskan cod and pollock in having potential tariffs lifted. The USTR announcement came after advocacy from the Governor, industry partners, and Alaska’s […]
Detectives with the Anchorage Police Department are reaching out to the public for help identifying a suspect and his getaway car involved in a Saturday morning burglary of an Anchorage business, Nixle reports. Police have released surveillance images of the suspect involved in the early Saturday morning burglary of Duane’s Auction Market at 1233 76th Avenue. […]
A new market analysis of sockeye salmon produced for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (BBRSDA) shows first wholesale prices of all major sockeye product forms increased in 2017, indicating strong demand. The latest Bristol Bay sockeye harvest was the second largest of the past two decades and resulted in the largest total ex-vessel […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Yesterday, the AARP––one of the nation’s largest consumer advocacy groups ––released a statement outlining their opposition to the amendment to the GOP tax bill that repeals the requirement that all Americans have health coverage. “The amendment to repeal the individual health coverage requirement will leave millions of Americans uninsured, destabilize the health […]
A multiple murder-suicide was carried out in a grocery store in Tunkhannock, near Scranton, Pennsylvania early this morning by a worker, taking the life of three and himself. 24-year-old Weis Market employee, Randy Robert Stair brought a duffle bag, with shotguns inside, to work with him on Wednesday night as he began his shift. Then […]
Alaska’s summer salmon season, based on preliminary harvests, produced more than 112 million salmon of all species, and while it is a substantial number of fish, it’s well below the anticipated total harvest. Still sockeye harvests will likely end up being the second largest of the last 20 years, with last year being the […]
Wow, I had barely recommended repealing the laws that restrict U.S. oil exports as part of an overall ramping up of competition in global oil markets when news hit that the Saudis were cutting the price of oil shipped to the U.S. The price of oil has been zigzagging downward since then—much to the benefit […]