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Canadian-based company buys Icicle Seafoods after a year on the market
Icicle Seafoods has a new owner. Canadian-based Cooke Seafood announced it had signed a definitive agreement to buy Icicle’s whole operation. Download Audio (Graphic credited to Icicle Seafoods) Icicle...
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Ferry advocates rethink management under smaller budgets
Should the Alaska Marine Highway System be managed differently? That’s a question being asked by ferry advocates as they cope with smaller budgets and reduced schedules. Passengers disembark the ferry...
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Scientists investigate social patterns of salmon
Each summer, millions of fish return to Bristol Bay, and then swim on to the stream where they were born to spawn, and die. Exactly what compels them to return to the right spot is unknown. But...
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Shell forfeits Arctic leases once worth $2b
File photo: John Ryan/KUCB Shell is giving back all but one of its leases in the Chukchi Sea. The announcement comes seven months after Shell said it was halting exploration in Alaska’s offshore Arctic...
View ArticlePalmer meat plant up for sale
If you know how to cut meat, the state has a business you might be interested in. The state’s Board of Agriculture and Conservation has issued a request for proposals to lease and operate the Mt....
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Jury begins to hear case involving the death of two State Troopers in Fairbanks
A Fairbanks jury has begun hearing the case of a Tanana man charged with killing 2 Alaska State Troopers in the interior village. 22-year-old Nathaniel Kangas shot Trooper Gabe Rich and Sargent Scott...
View ArticleSealaska back in seafood business
Southeast Alaska’s regional Native corporation is back in the seafood business. Juneau-based Sealaska on Monday announced the purchase of a minority share of a Seattle processing plant. Download Audio...
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A wrench and a spark shut down TAPS for nine hours
The April 20, 2016 fire took place at Pump Station 5, near Coldfoot. Photo courtesy of Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. A worker with a hand-wrench sparked the fire last month that shut down the...
View ArticleSalmon acceleration up Copper River may be due to early breakup
An early break up on the Copper River may accelerate salmon moving upstream. Glenallen area state sportfish biologist Mark Sommerville says little ice remains and water levels are unusually low,...
View ArticleCrown Princess makes unexpected stop in Juneau
The Crown Princess cruise ship arrived unexpectedly in Juneau on Sunday. The ship was scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. Kirby Day, manager of port operations for the Holland America Group, said...
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House Rules Committee holds hearing on oil and gas taxes, first in over three...
After weeks of delays, a bill to overhaul the state’s oil and gas taxes could advance quickly. The House Rules Committee held the first public hearing in more than three weeks on the legislation...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
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View ArticleJurors hear audio, Trooper investigator testimony in Kangas murder trial
Day 2 of the Nathanial Kangas murder trail included testimony from Alaska State Troopers who investigated the May 2014 shooting deaths of two of their comrades in the village of Tanana. Download Audio...
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Bank threatens to sue the state for $28M over LIO move
The sign outside the Anchorage Legislative Information Office. Photo: Megan Ahleman In a letter sent Tuesday to the state’s Legislative Affairs Agency, lawyers for the bank handling a $28.6 million...
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Hydaburg to enhance POW wolf study
How many wolves are on Prince of Wales Island? It’s an important question because wolves are an important predator – part of the chain of life in the forest. A POW tribal group has been awarded a...
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Myron Naneng Resigns As AVCP President/CEO
Myron Naneng has resigned as president and CEO of the Association of Village Council Presidents. Naneng announced his decision at an Executive Board meeting Wednesday. The resignation became effective...
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Representative, lobbyist argue whether ending tax credits is a money grab
Lawmakers say cutting tax credits to oil and gas companies may be a necessary step to close the state government’s budget deficit. Download Audio After testifying herself, Kara Moriarty, President and...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs administrator meets with Alaska vets
A senior Department of Veterans Affairs administrator is promising to address concerns he heard Tuesday in Fairbanks. Dr. Baligh Yehia was in Alaska conducting listening sessions of Alaska vets. Many...
View ArticleAlaska Board of Fisheries looks to restructure how proposals are vetted
Alaska’s Board of Fisheries considers possible changes to each of the state’s fisheries every three years. But later this month, the board will consider changing that process so that some proposals get...
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Alaskan storyteller charged with sexual abuse of a minor
A celebrated Alaska Native storyteller is facing felony charges for allegedly having sex with an underage boy. Forty-three year old Jack Dalton is charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the second...
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