Friday Is Deadline To Comment On EPA’s 404-C Determination
The EPA’s proposed restrictions on development of the Pebble Mine in the Bristol Bay region are currently open for public comment. But the deadline to comment is this Friday.
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State Files To Participate In Big Thorne Lawsuits
The State of Alaska filed motions in federal court Monday to participate in lawsuits that seek to halt or delay the U.S. Forest Service's planned Big Thorne timber sale on Prince of Wales Island.
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The Tongass Tightrope: Balancing Diverse Interests By Committee
For three days last week, a few dozen people holed up in a Travelodge conference room in Juneau. There was coffee and donuts, PowerPoint presentations and an easel with big sheets of scratch paper. It was the second in a series of meeting that the Tongass Advisory Committee has leading up to its May deadline to produce its recommendations.
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Cheaper Turboprops Lower Some AK Jet Fares
Cost-cutting on an Alaska Airlines Railbelt route is lowering fares in Southeast. The airline began flying smaller, turboprop planes between Anchorage and Fairbanks earlier this year. They also flew summer routes between Anchorage and Kodiak.
Search Suspended For Missing Kayaker
The official search has been suspended for a missing kayaker on the Kenai Peninsula, pending new information.
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Alaska Delegation Critical Of President’s ISIS Plan
President Obama outlined a plan Wednesday to defeat the terror group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS. He is calling for airstrikes, as well as for the U.S. to support the Iraqi military and Syrian fighters attacking ISIS on the ground.
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Russia Builds Military Bases in Arctic
Russian news outlets report ships have unloaded pre-fabricated buildings to create military installations on Russia’s Wrangel Island and Cape Schmidt. Both are about 300 miles from Alaska’s Point Hope.
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Bill Aims To Create Arctic Port on Bering Sea Coast
A U.S. House subcommittee today considered a bill aimed at creating a deepwater dock at Point Spencer, a narrow curlicue of land on the Bering Strait, just south of the Arctic Circle. Alaska Congressman Don Young says his bill would divide the 2,000 acre spit among the Coast Guard, the state and the Bering Strait Native Corp., creating a partnership to build a port.
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Extra-Tropical System To Bring Rain, Some Wind to Coastal AK
A tropical storm is making its way from Asia to Alaska. It’s expected to reach the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound later this week.
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ADEC Estimates 1,640 Gallons of Diesel Spilled by NOAA Ship
An oily sheen in Women’s Bay has been traced to the NOAA research ship Rainier docked at Nyman Peninsula on the Kodiak Coast Guard base.
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Man In Custody After Hours-Long Standoff
A long standoff between police and an armed man in Fairbanks ended with the suspect being taken into custody alive this afternoon.
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Board of Regents Rescinds President Gamble’s Retention Bonus At His Request
The University of Alaska Board of Regents Monday voted Monday to rescind President Pat Gamble's $320,000 retention bonus by a 9-1 vote. The Board reviewed the decision to award the bonus at the request of President Gamble.
U.S. House Passes Bill to Allow Sale of Feathery Art
The U.S. House today passed a bill to allow Alaska Natives to sell handicrafts that include the feathers of migratory birds. Alaska Congressman Don Young, who sponsored the bill, says it will end a "bizarre policy" that allows Native people to hunt the birds and make handicrafts from feathers but not sell their creations.
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NPS Proposes Permanent Ban on Predator Hunting Practices in Alaska’s Preserves
The National Park Service published a proposal in the national register last week that would permanently prohibit some sport hunting practices in Alaska’s ten national preserves. The Park Service has sparred with the state for years over hunting in National Preserves.
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US Trained Alaskans As ‘Stay Behind Agents’
Fearing a Russian invasion and occupation of Alaska, the U.S. government in the early Cold War years recruited and trained fishermen, bush pilots, trappers and other private citizens across Alaska for a covert network to feed wartime intelligence to the military, newly declassified Air Force and FBI documents show.
Unalaska Could Face Fines For Wastewater Plant Delays
The city of Unalaska is falling behind on construction of a new wastewater treatment plant -- and they could face up to $200,000 in federal fines as a result.
Tour Bus Rollover on the Parks Highway Results in One Fatality
A tour bus rollover near Mile 173 of the Parks Highway has resulted in at least one fatality. Alaska State Troopers say the report of the rollover came in just after 8:00 am on Friday.
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Kiana Teacher Arrested on Missouri Child Sex Abuse Charges
A Missouri man who spent the last four years teaching throughout western Alaska has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing his adopted daughter—and is alleged to have subjected his six other adopted children to “years of physical abuse and neglect.”
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Snow Falls In Near Tok
This week’s cooling trend brought snow to the Alaska Range. More than 9 inches of snow was on the ground Wednesday near the Log Cabin Wilderness Lodge.
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General Katkus Resigns As Report Details Guard’s Failure In Addressing Sexual Assault
An investigation released Thursday details a long list of failures in how the Alaska National Guard handles reports of sexual assault and other matters. In response to the findings, Governor Sean Parnell asked for the resignation of National Guard Major General Thomas Katkus, effective immediately.
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