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July 01, 2009 at 12:21PM AKST
Letters between the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service and the Aleutians East Bay Borough were interpreted as the borough taking an antagonistic stance
full story »July 01, 2009 at 12:25PM AKST
No, he doesn’t watch “The Deadliest Catch.” No, he’s not a former Bering Sea crab fisherman. No, he doesn’t live in Alaska, he lives in Las Vegas. But he does move about 600,000 pounds of Alaska red crab a year.
full story »July 01, 2009 at 12:24PM AKST
As news spread of some rural Alaska schools facing possible closure because of low enrollment, the state’s Department of Education and Early Development announced it is accepting applications for the new position of director of rural education.
full story »July 01, 2009 at 11:32AM AKST
A state wildlife trooper is headed to the village of Marshall to investigate subsistence fishermen who said they fished during a closed period in an act of civil disobedience.
full story »June 29, 2009 at 12:33PM AKST
In an act of civil disobedience, fishermen in six boats left the village of Marshall on Friday to go subsistence fishing on the Yukon River, though fishing was closed, said one of the protestors.
full story »June 24, 2009 at 2:23PM AKST
A national oral history project based on the East Coast wants to hear from Alaska fishers — in fact, anyone who has had anything to do with commercial or subsistence fisheries; even if you were just married to a fisher.
full story »June 24, 2009 at 11:44AM AKST
Those GCI ads on TV about snail Internet aren’t so funny in Bush Alaska.
full story »June 24, 2009 at 11:42AM AKST
William Koontz and other officials with the Small Business Administration sensed getting the word out and the work done to help Alaskans hurt by spring flooding could be a little different because of location.
full story »June 24, 2009 at 11:40AM AKST
Acknowledging that a “cultural and communication gap” exists with rural Alaskans, federal managers for North Pacific fisheries have created a committee to take input from Alaska Native communities.
full story »June 22, 2009 at 3:09PM AKST
With requests for help on the rise, a food bank expects to provide thousands of free lunches in rural Alaska this summer.
full story »June 22, 2009 at 8:22AM AKST
“Until further notice.”
full story »June 18, 2009 at 4:27PM AKST
To see first-hand the impacts of climate change on America’s only Arctic state, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is attracting a number of senators to Alaska this August, a news release says.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 4:25PM AKST
After more than two weeks of intensive field monitoring by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Alaska’s remote Rat Island, part of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge that was treated last year in an effort to eliminate invasive rats and restore seabird populations and other parts of the native ecosystem, biologists have found no rat signs, according to a news release from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 4:23PM AKST
This year, eight brave souls will perform a 25,000-mile, clockwise circumnavigation of North and South America called the Around the Americas project. The goal of this intrepid group is to engage and educate citizens in North and South America about ocean health issues.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 4:16PM AKST
It’s a summer day in Anchorage, and the window is open in North Pacific Fishery Management Council deputy director David Wetherell’s office on Fourth Avenue that’s on the block crowded with hot dog vendors.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 2:33PM AKST
Villages that never had running water may have to wait longer for service — a growing gap in federal aid is challenging the state’s ability to provide safe water and wastewater systems.
full story »June 17, 2009 at 1:24PM AKST
The City of Akutan came closer to getting an airport when the Aleutians East Borough Assembly unanimously approved annexation of 27.3 square miles of land on nearby Akun Island.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 4:55PM AKST
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative won’t cut the power in the village of Selawik.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 4:38PM AKST
Millions of dollars worth of free heating fuel, courtesy of the Venezuelan government, is finally headed to Alaska villages.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 4:10PM AKST
A tribal advocacy group wants to create a land base for Alaska tribes, possibly by taking it from village corporations.
full story »June 16, 2009 at 3:16PM AKST
Amid accusations that Western Alaska residents don’t have enough input into federal fishery decisions, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council has created an advisory committee on Alaska Native and rural issues, according to the council’s latest newsletter.
full story »June 15, 2009 at 2:48PM AKST
The power company for Selawik is threatening to cut off the electricity if the city government there doesn’t cough up $80,000 by the end of today, June 15.
full story »June 09, 2009 at 4:15PM AKST
(Editor’s note: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, in an effort to reduce the amount of king salmon taken by the pollock fishing fleet, recently approved an incentive-based plan that will allow the fleet to catch up to 60,000 king salmon a year without penalty.
full story »June 09, 2009 at 3:33PM AKST
Fish with strange spots. Sinkholes in the tundra. Crumbling river banks.
full story »June 09, 2009 at 12:45PM AKST
At least $7.2 million will likely be needed to repair the roads, airports and other public facilities damaged by recent flooding in several rural Alaska villages, according to a preliminary report from the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
full story »June 04, 2009 at 11:56AM AKST
On the shoreline of Amaknak Island — “Little South America” — as it is referred to locally, on June 11 at 11 a.m., a ceremonial groundbreaking will take place for the Carl E. Moses Small Boat Harbor.
full story »June 04, 2009 at 11:53AM AKST
School’s out now and the halls are empty, but the Unalaska School District shines on.
full story »June 02, 2009 at 1:46PM AKST
I traveled to Mountain Village and Emmonak on Saturday to listen to concerns raised by the village community members regarding the upcoming summer fishing season and how restrictions are going to be implemented on the chinook salmon, the stable and food for many families on the Yukon River.
full story »June 01, 2009 at 1:27PM AKST
Fishermen on the lower Yukon River will get the king salmon they need to feed their families, even if it means getting a ticket or going to jail, two Native leaders said.
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