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Bering Sea snow crab fishing to resume, but at an ultra-low level …
1 day ago · After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is based on signs of recovery in the crab populations. The official harvest opening was Tuesday.
As dropbox program ends, most Alaska absentee voters will pay …
13 hours ago · The Alaska Division of Elections has not continued a ballot dropbox program operated in coordination with the Municipality of Anchorage during the last presidential election, elections officials confirmed Wednesday. Tens of thousands of absentee ballots were mailed to Alaska voters Oct. 11, and the ...
Alaska seeks to dismiss lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of …
1 day ago · An Anchorage Superior Court judge heard preliminary arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit seeking to block construction of a proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline on environmental grounds.. Eight plaintiffs, represented by an out-of-state law firm, are seeking to overturn a state law that created the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., a state-owned corporation that is developing the pipeline.
Alaska’s seafood industry lost $1.8 billion last year, NOAA report …
6 days ago · A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood industry to lose $1.8 billion from 2022 to 2023, a new federal report said.. The array of economic and environmental challenges has devastated one of Alaska’s main industries, said the report, issued …
Alaska Capitol may begin screening all visitors in 2025, according …
An airport-style security screening checkpoint could be coming to the Alaska State Capitol, ending decades of open public access. In a public notice published Oct. 2, the nonpartisan agency in charge of Capitol administration seeks a private firm to “conduct security screening of visitors and visitors’ belongings.” The firm may also be in charge of screening incoming packages.
In Alaska’s local elections, a cruise ship limit fails, races are close ...
Voters in Alaska’s capital city have rejected a resident-written ballot proposition that would have banned large cruise ships on Saturdays and the Fourth of July.. Tuesday was municipal …
Two Kodiak trawlers caught 2,000 king salmon. Now, a whole …
Sep 26, 2024 · Federal managers shut down a major Alaska fishery after two Kodiak-based boats targeting whitefish harvested unintended king salmon. The incident highlights the issue of bycatch and the challenges for the struggling salmon population in Alaska rivers.
U.S. Navy plans apologies to Southeast Alaska villages for century …
Sep 16, 2024 · Two Tlingít villages in Southeast Alaska will receive apologies for wrongful military action from the U.S. Navy this fall. The first of those apologies will take place in Kake this weekend, where U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Mark B. Sucato will acknowledge the harms of a bombardment in 1869.
Federal departments announce about $280 million in funding for …
Jun 28, 2024 · The U.S. government has awarded about $280 million for transportation, energy and environmental projects in Alaska, using money from the 2021 and 2022 infrastructure bills. The projects include restoring the Alaska Highway, plugging orphaned oil wells and installing battery energy storage systems.