Minimum wage rises by 15 cents an hour in 2021
Alaska’s minimum wage will rise by 15 cents an hour on Jan. 1, from $10.19 to $10.34, state labor officials announced.
NOAA study shows evidence of killer whale predation on bowheads
Federal fisheries scientists say they now have direct evidence for the first time that killer whales are preying on bowhead whales in the northeastern Chukchi Sea and western Beaufort Sea.
Update: Statewide COVID-19 total rises to 7,886
Update: The statewide total of 7,886 infected overall includes 6,950 residents and 936 nonresidents, of whom 2,415 and 253 have recovered, respectively.
Winds kick up century-old volcanic ash in Alaska
While western U.S. states were suffering from hazy red skies from wildfires, Alaska was dealing with an air quality problem born a century ago.
Gwich’in sue Interior over ANWR exploration plan
Native American Rights Fund attorneys are suing the Interior Department over its decision to allow oil and gas exploration on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known to Gwich’in tribes as the “Sacred Place Where Life Begins.”
Coast Guard Cutter Munro completes Bering Sea, Hawaii missions
The Coast Guard Cutter Munro has returned home after a three-month, 15,000-mile multi-mission patrol that took its crew from Alameda, California to the maritime boundary separating Alaska and Russia in the Bering Sea, and on to military exercises in the Hawaiian Islands.
Marine debris prevention grants go to St. Paul, North Slope Borough
Projects on St. Paul Island and within the North Slope Borough are among 23 recipients of prevention grants awarded through the NOAA Marine Debris Program.
Harvesters critical of Dunleavy’s Pebble agenda
Commercial fishermen who harvest salmon in Bristol Bay are reiterating their contention that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has taken a strong stance in favor of development of the Pebble mine in the Bristol Bay watershed, and that this needs to stop.
Galvin: Ferries are a lifeline, like the Lower 48’s interstate highways
COVID-19 may have prompted a limit on physical travel during her second campaign for Alaska’s lone congressional seat, but independent candidate Alyse Galvin says she is getting a lot of mileage out of Zoom.
Photographing Alaska’s vanishing boomtowns
“There’s an almost universal fascination with derelict buildings,” Paul Scannell said. “I don’t know anybody who doesn’t want to see a photograph of the Titanic on the bottom of the ocean — I don’t know anybody who doesn’t raise an eyebrow to that.”
