Two months ago, a federal judge said the trade was illegal because it violated two separate federal laws, the Administrative Procedure Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
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Matanuska crew cleared after passengers test positive for COVID-19
Service will resume on Aug. 21 when the ferry returns north to Ketchikan.
COVID-19 testing at Kensington Mine finds ‘approximately 25’ positive cases
Coeur Alaska said the workers who tested positive and their close contacts are now isolating at a Juneau hotel.
Have test will travel: Alaska visitors must prove they’re COVID-free or pay $250 to be tested
Residents can still get the free airport test or opt to quarantine for two weeks.
Here are the races to watch in the primary election
Tuesday is primary day in Alaska, but the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to drive down election day turnout. And a record number of Alaskans have requested absentee ballots. Since absentee ballot counting won’t start until a week after the primary election day, results of close races may not be known until the end of August.
Newscast – Monday, Aug. 17, 2020
In this newscast:
About 25 people test positive for COVID-19 at Kensington Mine, Alaska records its 28th death related to the disease, Crew members on the state ferry Matanuska get tested after transporting a group of infected passengers, Kake deals with its first outbreak of COVID-19, Alaska Senate President Cathy Giessel faces challenger Roger Holland in Tuesday’s Republican primary, 123 employees at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport are set to be laid off in October, President Trump’s administration appeals a federal judge’s rejection of a plan aimed at building a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, and a Metlakatla fisherman says he’s donating a day’s salmon catch a week to his community.
Southeast fisherman says he’ll donate a boatload of salmon to Metlakatla each week
Metlakatla fisherman Eldon Atkinson says it’s an effort to provide food security for Alaska’s only Native reservation.
Tribal members shouldn’t need state permits to fish in Metlakatla’s traditional waters, lawsuit argues
The lawsuit argues that Congress, not the state of Alaska, granted Metlakatla Indian Community the Annette Islands Reserve — and an integral part of the reserve is access to traditional fisheries.
Gardentalk – Should you plant mystery seeds? Should you squish woolly bear caterpillars?
Call the Alaska Division of Agriculture in Palmer if you get a mysterious seed packet from overseas.
A Skagway newspaper owner was turned back at the Canadian border. Agents deemed her return home ‘non-essential.’
Gretchen Wehmhoff and Melinda Munson bought the Skagway News in March, not long before Canada’s border closed to non-essential travel.