Articles from the February 8, 2023 edition
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Halibut commission reduces Southeast commercial harvest limit 3%
A joint U.S.-Canadian commission voted last month to curtail halibut fishing along the Pacific coast this year. In Area 2C, which spans Southeast Alaska from the U.S.-Canada maritime border to Yakutat, the total allowable halibut take was set at...
Ketchikan shipyard operator sold to international private equity firm
The parent company of Vigor Industrial — whose subsidiary Vigor Alaska operates the state-owned Ketchikan Shipyard — is being sold to an affiliate of international private equity firm Lone Star Funds. Financial terms of the deal involving the sale of...
Legislature considers restoring traditional pensions for public employees
JUNEAU — Amid a deepening crisis in recruiting and keeping state workers, the Alaska Legislature is again considering measures to recreate a pension plan for public employees, but disagreements on the type and extent of the plan mean a long path ahea...
EPA uses veto power and blocks proposed Pebble Mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step Jan. 31 and blocked a proposed Alaska mine heralded by backers as the most significant undeveloped copper and gold resource in the world. The EPA based its veto on concerns over...
BLM review recommends approval of $8 billion Alaska oil project
The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Feb. 1 that recommends allowing an $8 billion oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a “carbon bom...
Cameras could replace federally required observers on fishing vessels
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - For years, Mark Hager's job as an observer aboard New England fishing boats made him a marked man, seen as a meddling cop on the ocean, counting and scrutinizing every cod,...
Public Defender Agency short staff, will limit new clients in Bethel and Nome
ANCHORAGE (AP) — A state agency that represents Alaskans who cannot afford their own attorneys intends this month to stop taking clients facing serious felony charges in parts of southwest and western Alaska due to staffing shortages. Samantha C...
Classified ads
HELP WANTED Wrangell Senior Center is seeking a part-time driver. $17/hour. Position is 16 hours a week, Monday and Tuesday. Benefits include a 403b retirement account, employee assistance program, 12 paid holidays. Background check required. Apply...
Police report
Monday, Jan. 30 Traffic stop: Verbal working for expired registration. Traffic stop: Citations issued for expired registration and failure to provide proof of insurance. Citizen assist: Unlock vehicle. Agency assist: Hoonah Police Department. Motor v...
Peltola says Congress wastes time bickering rather than solving problems
WASHINGTON — Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola has lamented “partisan bickering” on Capitol Hill during the first weeks of the new Congress. “One of the things that has not necessarily surprised me but disappointed me is how little actual work we...
Lawsuit challenges use of state funds at private or religious schools
The question is resurfacing, but this time in a lawsuit: Can families enrolled in a state-funded correspondence program use their allotment to pay for private school classes? Last June, the Alaska Department of Education didn’t know the answer, so t... Full story
Protections could end for grizzlies around Yellowstone, Glacier national parks
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration took a first step Feb. 3 toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. The U.S. Fish a...
