Articles from the December 16, 2021 edition
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Sitka will go five weeks without a state ferry
Sitka will see minimal state ferry service this winter. Scheduled sailings of the Matanuska have been canceled until late January while the vessel undergoes more steel plate repairs in a Ketchikan shipyard, leaving Sitka cut off from the ferry...
Lt. Gov. did not receive nearly as many election complaints as claimed
Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer last year said the issue his office seemed to be getting the most email on after the 2020 election was the narrow victory of a ballot measure to overhaul Alaska’s election process. His chief of staff said they were getting up t...
LED lights help guide salmon to openings in trawl nets
Low-cost LED lights can help Chinook salmon escape trawl nets. A 2020 study by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center showed that LEDs are very effective in directing Chinook salmon to escape o...
Police report
Monday, Dec. 6 Parking complaint. Welfare check. Civil issue. Agency assist: Ambulance. Tuesday, Dec. 7 Reckless driving. Agency assist: Maintenance. Parking complaint. Agency assist: SEARHC. Wednesday, Dec. 8 Agency assist: Public works department....
Governor proposes spending federal dollars on tourism marketing
JUNEAU (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Monday he plans to propose as part of his upcoming budget that the state spend $5 million in federal dollars to support tourism marketing efforts amid the ongoing pandemic, and additional funds to prepare s...
Canada's Indigenous leaders postpone meeting with Pope
TORONTO (AP) — A meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and Canadian Indigenous people who were abused at church-run boarding schools has been postponed because of the new coronavirus variant. National Chief RoseAnne Archibald of the Assembly o...
