Tribal Health Consortium launches HIV self-testing program
A new HIV self-testing program has been launched by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
State, NSB launch joint effort on resource management
North Slope Borough and state officials have signed a memorandum of understanding to work cooperatively on issues related to fish and wildlife, with a goal of giving area residents more influence on subsistence resources they depend on.
Legislators endorse ANWR lease sales
A House Joint Resolution urging the federal government to honor recent oil and gas lease sales and allow permitting to proceed has been approved by 31 members of the Legislature, quickly prompting criticism from those who say the leasing program violates sacred lands.
Scientist warns logging Tongass would contribute to climate change
A research scientist with the Earth Island Institute in Berkeley, California, says that logging of mostly old-growth timber in Tongass National Forest will have an alarming impact on global climate change.
Alaska Sea Grant event features shellfish, seaweed farms
Visits to seaweed and oyster farms and a presentation by an Alaska shellfish farmer are on tap at the virtual Alaska Shellfish and Seaweed Festival for four evenings in mid-May.
Peter Pan Seafood announces leadership changes
A long-time executive of Peter Pan Seafood has transitioned to a senior advisory role and the vertically integrated company, under new ownership since January, has added two industry veterans to its top management team.
Role of sonar uncertain in deaths of 8 whales
Federal fisheries scientists are still trying to determine what caused the deaths of eight stranded female Stejneger’s beaked whales off Adak Island in the Aleutians in the summer of 2018.
Anchorage mayoral race could be decided in runoff election
Forrest Dunbar, a current city assembly member, led with 3,701 votes, or 35% of the votes counted. David Bronson was second with 3,116, or 30%.
Northern Edge begins May 3
Northern Edge, the biennial U.S. Indo-Pacific Command joint exercise in the far north, will be back in the Gulf of Alaska May 3-14, and for now, at least, military officials are keeping details under wraps.
Changing environment may be to blame for reduced fish populations
A new study aimed at determining how best to boost recovery of Atlantic cod has researchers pondering whether ongoing fishing and environmental changes, rather than evolution, are behind failed recovery of many stressed fish populations.
