Murkowski is only the second Senate Republican to back the bill, after Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah.
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Late cruise season both a relief and headache for Sitka’s port facilities
The numbers of ships and passengers coming in July remain big question marks, and the summer season is already under way.
Biden signs bill allowing cruise ships back into Alaska
The bill gives Alaska-bound cruise ships, nearly all of which are foreign-flagged and have foreign crew, a temporary pass from the Passenger Vessel Services Act.
How Alaskans can get help with their monthly internet bills
The monthly internet subsidy will be applied to each bill from when you apply until when the funding dries up — or 6 months after the World Health Organization declares an end to the pandemic.
Digitizing Native museum collections and the future of repatriating sacred objects
The Alutiiq Museum, which is based in Kodiak, will begin to digitize its collection with the eventual goal of expanding and digitizing collections from other museums. Museum collections curator Amanda Lancaster says they’re already using a database and have most of their objects catalogued. “We use a database called Collective Access…. So, we already have…
Combination of steep job losses and federal aid led to a ‘very different recession’ in 2020
Despite huge losses in the state’s labor market, personal income in Alaska actually rose in 2020 by $1.4 billion.
New rules allow big cruise ships in Alaska. Here’s why the season will still be slow.
As soon as Congress passed a bill Thursday to temporarily exempt Alaska-bound cruise ships from the Passenger Vessel Services Act, Holland America announced it would sail north on July 24. Norwegian Cruise Line is taking reservations for early August.
US House passes measure that means big cruise ships could be heading for Alaska later this summer
The measure could allow Alaska port communities to receive large cruise ships later this year. But first it needs to be signed by President Biden.
Feds likely to permit survey work for King Cove road, nominee says
The road would connect King Cove to Cold Bay, which King Cove residents say could save lives in a medical emergency.
Lawyer who won landmark Alaska subsistence case in line to be Interior’s top attorney
A pioneering advocate of Alaska tribal sovereignty will have an important job at the U.S. Interior Department, assuming the Senate confirms him.