Brown bear breaks into the Alaska Zoo, kills popular alpaca
A wild brown bear tunneled under perimeter fencing and killed a popular alpaca at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, officials said Wednesday. It was killed a day later by wildlife officials.
Boost in unemployment benefits coming
Alaska has received another $62 million in federal funding to increase by $300 the unemployment checks for thousands of qualified residents. The increase is expected to last about six weeks.
UAF graduate fisheries program will add traditional knowledge
Indigenous knowledge of fisheries will play a key role in graduate level studies expected to begin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in fall 2021, with a goal of interesting more Alaska Native students in fisheries management careers.
Hunter success prompts closure of moose hunt
Registration permit hunt RM164 for bull moose in Game Management Unit 6B has ended, after confirmation that the maximum allowable harvest of 28 bull moose had been taken by hunters, Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials in Cordova said.
Kodiak Chamber will host U.S. Senate debate on Oct. 10
Officials with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce have confirmed plans for a fisheries themed debate at 5 p.m. Oct. 10 between Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and independent challenger Dr. Al Gross, a commercial fisherman and orthopedic surgeon.
Alaska Symphony of Seafood postpones November event
The annual competition for new retail and food service products created from Alaska seafood is being postponed from November to the spring of 2021, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of the Alaska Symphony of Seafood said.
Gulf research project will focus on fisheries, fishing communities
Federal fisheries researchers will embark on an Oct. 1 new ecosystem-based fishery management project in the Gulf of Alaska.
Backlog of sexual assault kit evidence in Nome to be processed by Virginia firm
Donations totaling $38,295 from Kawerak Inc., Norton Sound Health Corp. and the Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. will pay for testing by a Virginia firm of dozens of backlogged sexual assault kit evidence to speed up the criminal justice process.
CDC says 1 of 3 Alaska adults is obese
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the percentage of Alaska adults who are obese rose from 29.5 percent in 2018 to 30.5 percent in 2019, but still less than the 34.2 percent counted in 2017.
Update: COVID-19 cases continue rise, statewide count at 9,861
Update: Fourteen straight days of triple-digit increases of newly infected people put Alaska’s overall COVID-19 patient total at 9,861 on Wednesday, Oct. 7, including 8,878 residents and 983 nonresidents, state health officials said.
