Articles from the February 2, 2022 edition
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Skagway starts paying unemployment aid covered by cruise line donation
Tourism-dependent Skagway has started using one-quarter of the $2 million gift it received last year from Norwegian Cruise Line to pay out unemployment benefits to eligible residents. The first round of aid went out this month, totaling $112,500,...
House tables vote to remove Oath Keepers legislator from committees
JUNEAU (AP) — The Alaska House tabled action Monday on a proposal to remove from all legislative committees Wasilla Rep. David Eastman, a member of the Oath Keepers far-right organization. The House Committee on Committees voted 5-2 to remove E...
Legislators want federal help with seafood exports to China and Russia
Seafood is Alaska’s biggest export by far, and state legislators want the federal government to get tougher on trade policies that they say unfairly hurt global sales. Two resolutions (Senate Joint Resolution 16 and SJR17) were advanced last week b...
Fisheries Board sticks with moving Southeast meeting to Anchorage
The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted 4-2 last Thursday to uphold its previous decision to convene the Southeast and Yakutat finfish and shellfish regulations meetings in Anchorage March 10 through 22 rather than in Ketchikan. Originally, the meeting...
Police report
Monday, Jan. 24 Agency assist: Ambulance. Agency assist. Citizen assist. Found property. Civil issue. Traffic stop: Citation issued for failure to provide proof of insurance and expired registration. Gunshots. Tuesday, Jan. 25 Suspicious...
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