Lauren Rosenthal, APRN Contributor
Coast Guard Assists in Two Medevacs From King Cove
A Coast Guard helicopter crew spent Tuesday morning performing back-to-back medevacs between King Cove and the community of Cold Bay.
Herron Asks Legislature To Support Izembek Road Campaign
Alaska’s legislature is still searching for ways to connect King Cove and Cold Bay by building a road through a federal wildlife refuge.
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Five Nations Tentatively Agree To Arctic Fishing Ban
The United States and four other Arctic nations have tentatively agreed to prevent commercial fishing in the high Arctic.
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Delta Western’s Pro-Union Fuelers Strike Again
For the past month, a group of fuel supply workers in Unalaska have been trying to unionize. And they’ve also accused their employer, Delta Western, of mistreating them for it. The workers took to the picket line on Tuesday to protest with other local union members.
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Burned Bald Eagles Draw Federal Scrutiny In Adak
It’s common practice to burn trash in the Aleutians, to keep landfills from overflowing. But it’s not that simple in Adak, where flaming waste has killed or injured at least ten bald eagles in the last few months. It’s now the subject of a federal investigation.
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Pollock Fleet Holds Out For Fish Roe
Walleye pollock is the Bering Sea’s biggest and most valuable fishery. But that doesn’t mean that the trawl fleet was ready and raring to go when the harvest opened in late January.
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Pro-Union Delta Western Workers Press On
Last week, a handful of Delta Western fuel supply employees in Unalaska kicked off an effort to unionize by going on strike. They’re pressing ahead — even after a visit from the company president.
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U.S. Pushes International Ban on Arctic Fishing
The United States is gathering support for an international moratorium on commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean. The Globe and Mail reports that Denmark and Canada are prepared to back the ban at a meeting of Arctic states in Greenland this week. The other nations -- Russia and Norway -- are not currently on board.
Delta Western, Employees Clash Over Unionizing
A labor dispute is brewing between a regional fuel distributor and its staff in Unalaska. Employees of Delta Western say the company doesn’t want them to unionize.
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Rep. Herron Cited Again for Ethics Breach
Representative Bob Herron, a Bethel democrat, received a second ethics citation tied to his co-ownership of a school bus company.
Sudanese Violence Hits Home for Unalaska Resident
A civil war being fought on the other side of the world has hit home for one Unalaska resident. Mayak Bilkuei is from South Sudan, where ethnic and political violence have claimed up to 10,000 lives -- including some of his own family.
Unalaska Copes With Shell’s Decision Not To Drill
At least one Alaska community was banking on Shell’s presence – and business – this summer.
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NIOSH Tackling Fishing Industry Injuries
For more than 20 years, NIOSH has been working to prevent accidental deaths in the fishing industry. Now, these safety experts are tackling injuries – the kind fishermen are used to getting every season.
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Court Says Chukchi Lease Sale Environmental Assessment Faulty
A federal appeals court has ruled that the environmental assessment behind a massive oil lease sale in the Chukchi Sea in 2008 was faulty.
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Court Says Inadequate Studies Conducted Before 2008 Lease Sale
A federal appeals court has ruled that federal regulators conducted inadequate environmental studies before selling $2.7 billion in petroleum leases off Alaska’s northwest coast.
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Fishing Crew Member Accused of Identity Theft
A crew member aboard a factory processor has been arrested in Unalaska and accused of stealing another man’s identity to get his commercial fishing license.
AK: Robotics
This month, five rural Alaska schools squared off in a virtual engineering competition run by Lego and GCI. It was a big learning experience for everyone – but especially, for the squad from Unalaska. They were competing for the first time, and they brought some unique strengths to the table.
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Greenpeace Fined for Maritime Violation Off Alaskan Shores
A state board has fined Greenpeace $15,000 for traveling through Alaskan waters without a marine pilot. The violation occurred during Greenpeace’s “Save the Arctic” tour to protest Shell’s oil exploration in July 2012.
Adak Eyes Potential Pollock Fishery
Recently, Alaska’s Board of Fisheries set up an experimental harvest in the Aleutian Islands that they thought might benefit small communities like Adak. But, Adak had their eyes on a much bigger prize.
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Representative Bob Herron Fined For Ethics Violation
Representative Bob Herron is being fined for ethics violations, dating back to when he was first elected to the Legislature in 2009. The House ethics committee found that Herron knowingly withheld “sufficient detail" on his business ventures with another legislator – Senator Lyman Hoffman.
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