The Department of Environmental Conservation said it has been unable to get close to the wreckage, due to worries that metal from Rig 26 might fall on response team members.
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The Pentagon is reviewing a program that helps Alaska Native corporations get federal contracts
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the review last week, calling the business development program “the oldest DEI program in the federal government.”
AFN rallies against Safari Club International federal subsistence management proposals
The Alaska Federation of Natives has launched an aggressive campaign to fight the Safari Club International’s effort to weaken the influence of the federal government on subsistence management in Alaska and restore state authority over its regulation. AFN says only the federal government can defend Alaska’s rural priority for subsistence, and the Safari Club proposal threatens those protections.
Report details threats from a warming Arctic: ‘These changes cascade directly into people’s lives’
For the past 20 years, NOAA’s Arctic Report Card has documented changes in the region, which continues to warm faster than the rest of the globe.
Alaska Native veterans and heirs race to apply for Native allotments
The Dec. 29 deadline for Alaska Native veterans to apply for their Native allotments is fast approaching. About 2000 veterans are eligible, but only about 25% have filed claims.
Construction workshop gives Kipnuk storm evacuees new skills, new hope
It wasn’t in the budget, but Alaska Works Partnership managed to put together a construction workshop for Western Alaska disaster evacuees, who hope to use their new skills to rebuild after Typhoon Halong.
A new technology aims to help ships avoid whale strikes
WhaleSpotter is now used by a dozen companies, including some in Alaska.
The government shutdown is delaying heating assistance funds for low-income Alaska families
The program subsidizes energy bills for about 50,000 Alaskans, many of whom live in rural and tribal communities.
Catastrophic Western Alaska storm sets the tone for AFN week
Indigenous organizations and local leaders were focusing on the destruction from the recent storm before the start of the convention.
An Alaska whale expert’s message in a bottle washed up in Scotland, years after his death
John Craighead George had a tradition of sending out messages in bottles after each whale census. This is just the second known to be found.