Nominations sought for volunteer awards
Nominations are open through March 6 to honor Alaskans for extraordinary volunteer service with the First Lady’s Volunteer of the Year Awards.The annual honors...
Canadian activists call for global moratorium on deep sea mining
A demonstration calling for a global moratorium in deep sea mining was held in early February outside the fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress...
The math is easy, the politics are hard
By Larry PersilyFor the Wrangell SentinelGetting caught between a rock and a hard place is easier. At least you can rent a backhoe and...
Butterflies in the middle of winter
Rod Boyce of Two Rivers, Alaska, reports that he has noticed — at a time when the outside air’s temperature has not been above...
EVOSTC seeks to fill three seats on Public Advisory Committee
Nominations are due by March 13 for individuals interested in filling three membership vacancies on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council’s Public Advisory...
ASLC sea lion suffers tremors, dies
A two-year-old Steller sea lion born and raised at the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) in Seward died unexpectedly in late January. The cause of...
Repeal of Alaska Roadless Rule will halt much development in Tongass
A Biden administration decision finalizing protections for Tongass National Forest, which restores longstanding roadless protections to the 9.37 million acres of rainforest, is drawing...
Muñoz named acting labor commissioner
Long-time Department of Labor employee Cathy Muñoz was named acting commissioner of that department on Tuesday, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of...
The economy in the Last Frontier
The Cordova Times chatted with Nolan Klouda, executive director of the Center for Economic Development, Business Enterprise Institute about his perspective on the state...
Capitol Report
By Sen. Gary Stevens, R-KodiakFor The Cordova TimesHello from Juneau. The first session of the 33rd Alaska State Legislature convened on Tuesday, Jan. 17...
