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State condemns listing king salmon as endangered at sportfishing roundtable
It’s been more than eight months since an organization from Washington petitioned the federal government to put Gulf of Alaska’s king salmon on the endangered species list. But the issue was still top of mind at last week’s annual Kenai River sportfishing summit in Soldotna. Every year,...
Ludacris sparks concern by drinking glacier water in Alaska as fans warn him about dangerous ‘bacteria and viruses’
LUDACRIS has sparked concern by drinking glacier water in Alaska. Fans immediately warned the Atlanta-based rapper about the potential hazards of consuming the unfiltered water, including bacteria, parasites, and viruses. On Monday, Ludacris, whose real name is Christopher Bridges, shared a video of himself sampling glacier water in Alaska on Instagram. It seemed that he […]
Public Records Lawsuit Seeks Video Of Alleged Assault By Alaska State Troopers
A civil rights attorney is suing the Alaska Department of Public Safety for access to body camera footage related to an alleged assault by two Alaska state troopers against a Kenai Peninsula man. This month, DPS Commissioner James Cockrell told reporters that he was “totally sickened” by what he saw...
The gut boats of Alaska: a revisit
Alaska is quietly permitting major on-shore fish processors like Silver Bay Seafoods and Trident Seafoods to dump thousands of tons of seafood waste at the mouths of bays, rivers, sounds, and inlets. Meet the Gut Boats of Alaska. For several years now, these sorts of stories have been bubbling up...
Residents scramble after record-breaking glacial outburst flood inundates major US city: 'Likely will happen again'
Glacial outburst floods threaten millions of people worldwide. Juneau, Alaska, experienced this type of flood recently, nearly a year after another flood struck the region. In early August, meltwater from an Alaskan glacier overwhelmed a drainage basin above Juneau, bringing a deluge down to the town below. The record-breaking glacier outburst flood destroyed at least 100 homes.
Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat
On the day Sam Wright, Hans Munich and Tanya Hutchins disappeared in the Fairweather Range, Haines pilot Drake Olson was doing much-needed maintenance on one of the three airplanes in his hangar. The plane, his fastest one, was in pieces on July 20 when he got a call from Munich...
Airport renovation project ‘escalates’ with Sitka’s first escalator
Forklifts are moving and drills are whirring — signs that the construction crew building a new two-story wing of Sitka’s airport terminal is hard at work when I visit the site on August 12. They just finished pouring concrete slabs over the weekend, but one is ever-so-slightly smoother than the other–evidence of a classic Southeast Alaska building challenge.
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