Unemployment insurance fund gets $24M in CARES money
Dunleavy administration officials have deposited $24 million in unobligated federal relief funds in the Alaska Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, which has been hard hit by thousands of claims from jobless workers since the novel coronavirus began impacting the state.
NOAA names new tribal research coordinator
NOAA Fisheries has announced the appointment of Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer as tribal research coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s communications program.
Recall Dunleavy lacks signatures nearly 2 years in
A group opposed to Gov. Mike Dunleavy has yet to gather enough signatures to force a recall election, nearly two years after launching and just over a year before the 2022 primary.
BC government invites meeting with SEITC on mining issues
A tribal consortium in Wrangell has been invited to meet with British Columbia officials to discuss a pause on permits, permit amendments and approval of new mining projects along salmon-rich transboundary rivers flowing into Southeast Alaska.
Emergency alert test set for Aug. 11
Alaskans will receive an emergency test message via their cell phones, as well as through radio and television broadcasts, at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11.
Salmonfest 2021 features 60+ bands, including Alaska Native musicians
Salmonfest is back from Aug. 8-10, featuring 60-plus bands, opportunities to learn more about protecting salmon habitat, and a newly developed onsite campground.
Alaska GOP leaders endorse challenger to Murkowski
"Lisa Murkowski is bad for Alaska," Donald Trump said in a statement last month. "Murkowski has got to go!"
Dunleavy vaccinated against COVID-19
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has been “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19, Alaska's chief medical officer said.
CRRC assesses Prince William Sound for kelp farm potential
A tribal nonprofit with a mandate to protect the subsistence lifestyle through implementation of natural resource management is assessing Prince William Sound’s potential for kelp farming.
Emmonak folks can’t even catch a chum for dinner
For more than 10,000 years, Yupik people on the Lower Yukon River have lived a subsistence lifestyle so culturally dependent on wild salmon that they are known as the "fish people." Now, they are facing a situation unknown in their lifetimes: no fish.
