Murkowski: why wasn’t spy balloon shot down over Alaska?
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is commending the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) for shooting down high-altitude suspicious objects over the United States...
Alaska Ocean Cluster/AFDF form merge
Two seafood industry entities have merged to further realize the potential of maritime industries in Alaska, according to an announcement from two major fisheries...
Amending marine legislation would boast aid marine debris program
A bipartisan group of sponsors say legislation introduced in Congress in February would ease delivery of federal resources and enter into cooperative agreements for...
Letter from Yakutat: Deep cuts on the Lost Coast
By Nathaniel HerzFor the Northern Journal via the Alaska BeaconI’d been hearing and reading about Yakutat’s logging controversy for two years before I finally...
Ochoa joints GAPP as marketing, membership coordinator
Jonathan Ochoa, a media expert in the food and beverage industry, has been hired by the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers as its...
Sfraga nominated as ambassador-at-large for Arctic Region
Arctic research veteran Mike Sfraga, who serves on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC), has been nominated by President Joe Biden to be Ambassador-at-Large...
Making sense of raven talk
Be careful what you say, ravens. Doug Wacker is listening.Wacker studies animal behavior at the University of Washington Bothell. Since August 2022, he has...
ASLC admits six-month-old fur seal
A northern fur seal pup observed swimming erratically off the coast of Sitka, in Southeast Alaska late last month is now in the care...
Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Chignik area finfish are focus of fisheries meeting
State management of finfish in waters of the Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands and the Chignik area are on the agenda for the Alaska Board...
Proposed legislation would protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Legislation reintroduced in Congress in early February would restore critical protections to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the nation’s largest national wildlife refuge, by...
