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Anchorage Parks and Rec Seeks Input on Local Trails – Share Your Thoughts
The Anchorage Parks and Rec team wants your feedback on how to make the area's trails better. Trail users in Anchorage, Eagle River, and Chugiak are invited to take a "Trail Use Survey." You can share what's good and not so good about our local trails like the ones at...
Small boat harbor could see upgrade next year
Unalaska’s Robert Storrs Small Boat Harbor could get a facelift as soon as next summer. The Unalaska City Council earlier this month approved an application for a $5 million grant to replace the harbor’s floats. The harbor is located behind the fish processing plant, UniSea, and serves the...
City manager resigns effective September 1
Nome’s City Manager Glenn Steckman announced his decision to resign from the job to the public today, July 24. The resignation is effective September 1. Steckman said in an interview with the Nome Nugget that he took a position with the city of Cambridge, Maryland, starting Sept. 4. Steckman...
Breaking: Rubenstein out at Permanent Fund Board
Board of Trustee Gabrielle Rubenstein has resigned from the Alaska Permanent Fund Board of Trustees. Rubenstein is at the center of a scandal in which she was accused of putting undue pressure on professional staff members of the $80 billion fund to steer influence toward her own investment interests or those of her billionaire father, David Rubenstien, founder of the equity firm the Carlyle Group. The scandal unfolded after the Alaska Landmine news site obtained leaked emails that showed the staff was concerned about her involvement in the actual operations of the fund, and emails that showed she may have pressured the governor to not reappoint Ethan Schutt to the board.
U.S. District Court judge is considering food stamp backlog case against Alaska’s health department
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason is considering a case that’s calling for stricter oversight of Alaska’s health department after extreme delays in food stamp distribution left thousands of residents without aid for months, the Alaska Beacon reported Thursday. In January of last year, ten plaintiffs sued the...
Innovative Technology Helps Scientists Better Estimate Ages of Long-Lived Rockfish
Scientists demonstrate that an innovative technology to scan fish otoliths (ear stones) coupled with trained computer models can determine rockfish ages as well as humans, and even more quickly. This technology, Fourier-transform near-infrared spectroscopy, examines the unique vibrations of molecules in otoliths, especially the way they absorb near-infrared light, to...
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