Alaska Senate OKs remote voting if needed during pandemic
“Nobody hopes we have to do it. ... But we needed to have something in place just in case that should happen,” Sen. Gary Stevens said.
3 overdue hikers found dead after avalanche
The bodies of three men have been located in the debris of an avalanche slide near Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.
Aramark says no to GE salmon
Pressure is mounting against the sale of genetically modified salmon from AquaBounty Technologies, which is poised to sell its first ever harvest of the fish in domestic markets in the first quarter of 2021.
Canada blocks cruise ships for a year, ending Alaska trips
The Canadian government has extended a ban on cruise ships through February 2022, which is expected to block many ships from visiting Alaska this year.
Proposed Chugach Alaska land exchange could take years
A proposed land exchange involving some 229,000 acres of Chugach Alaska Corp.’s subsurface estate began in earnest with the passage of an omnibus land act in Congress on March 12, 2019, but where it’s headed over the next two to 10 years remains unknown.
Statewide COVID-19 infections reach 55,259
Infections of the novel coronavirus in Alaska have reached 55,259, with a total of 250 new infections documented on Friday, Feb. 5, including one individual in Cordova, state health officials said.
Small Alaska cruises are booking up
Canada’s decision to impose a year-long ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters is having a devastating impact on the big-ship industry, while small ship operators are seeing a surge in reservations beginning and ending in Alaska.
Two sentenced to prison for Kodiak drug trafficking
Two men who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Kodiak have been sentenced to federal prison, and one could face deportation once his sentence in completed.
BOEM cancels comment period for Cook Inlet lease sale
A public comment period on the draft environmental impact statement for proposed Cook Inlet outer continental shelf oil and gas lease sale has been cancelled.
VanOrmer is new deputy regional forester
Chad VanOrmer, who has served as deputy regional forester for the U.S. Forest Service for nearly one year, has been named to the position on a permanent basis.
