Meet your Miss Iceworm Candidates
The inaugural Iceworm Festival began in 1961 and has had excited locals ever since. The beloved week-long event will begin on Jan....
Prefiled bills would allow for taxing of new commercial fisheries
Among the nearly three dozen bills filed in the Alaska House of Representatives ahead of the legislative session beginning on Jan. 17...
OSRI and oil, gas companies develop spill technology
The Prince William Sound Science Center (PWSSC), through its Oil Spill Response Institute (OSRI), has partnered with oil and gas companies and...
Alaska in the house: A conversation with U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola recently made history by becoming the first Alaska Native person to be elected to the U.S. Congress, and...
These trustees can’t be trusted: Play-acting is an abuse of public trust
For 30 years now, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council has been making decisions on disbursing funds to support research on...
ASLC treating harbor seal, sea otter pup
Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program in Seward has two new patients: a harbor seal pup who climbed aboard a charter fishing boat in Resurrection Bay, and a sea otter pup found vocalizing on top of his moribund mother on a remote beach in the western Kenai Peninsula.
AMHS ready for winter reservations
Alaska Marine Highway System officials say the winter ferry schedule has been adjusted based on feedback received and that they will keep...
Fire season one of the biggest since 1950
By Yereth RosenThe Alaska BeaconAlaska is closing out what is likely to be the...
Alaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before
Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen, from the largest wildfire in a typically mainly fireproof southwest region to a pair of blazes that ripped through forests and produced smoke that blew hundreds of miles to the the Bering Sea community of Nome, where the normally crystal clear air was pushed into the extremely unhealthy category.
Alaska Science Forum: A field guide to old coffee cans
The year is 1905. You are a prospector in Alaska relaxing in your cabin after a chilly day of working the tailings pile. Craving a cup of joe, you pull a tin of coffee off the shelf. Though you can’t imagine it, that distinctive red can, the one you will later use for your precious supply of nails, will long outlive you. And it will give an archaeologist a good idea of when you made your Alaska home.
Update from the CPD – Feb. 27 – Mar. 3
The following incidents were reported to the Cordova Police Department between Feb. 27 and March 3. Any charges reported in these press...
