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Nov 15 2019

A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board investigation into a fatal PenAir crash in Dutch Harbor on Oct. 17, 2019, includes this photo of damage to the left side of the plane.

NTSB: Pilot inexperience and unfavorable winds factors in fatal PenAir crash in Unalaska

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Public Safety, Southwest, Transportation

The NTSB update is a detailed, seven-page statement of facts about the flight and the investigation, with sections on the runway, the flight recorders, the plane and its engines. It does not assign a cause to the crash. That’s expected later.

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media | November 15, 2019 3:10 pm

Nov 14 2019

Unalaska considers legal action against airlines involved in last month’s fatal plane crash

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB - Unalaska | Aleutians, Federal Government, Transportation

Whether or not the city pursues legal action, officials said the crash and suspension of flights have “highlighted how fragile public transportation is for Unalaska and the entire region.”

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB - Unalaska | November 14, 2019 4:30 pm

Oct 30 2019

Unalaska declares emergency over suspended air service; city plans to charter flights for community

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB - Unalaska | Aleutians, Public Safety, Southwest, Transportation

Unalaska’s mayor says the city’s goal is to get flights up and running next week — as long it can secure an emergency waiver from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB - Unalaska | October 30, 2019 4:27 pm

Oct 29 2019

With regular flights still suspended, Unalaska considers emergency declaration after crash

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB - Unalaska | 2 Alaska, Aleutians, Transportation

City officials took up the idea after RavnAir Group announced that it would not resume regular flights until early November.

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB - Unalaska | October 29, 2019 3:04 pm

Oct 09 2019

There’s a new fight over Bering Sea black cod. Warming water may be to blame.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Business, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Fisheries, Food, Politics, Southeast, Southwest, Western, Wildlife

A new fight is brewing over black cod because there are so many of them — possibly as a result of the ocean’s warming waters.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | October 9, 2019 11:16 am

Sep 30 2019

As Arctic ice melts, will the Navy return to Adak?

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Federal Government, Military, Nation & World

With Arctic sea-ice melting, shipping traffic increasing, and shifting defense priorities, the military is weighing whether it wants to return to Alaska’s Bering Sea.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | September 30, 2019 2:24 pm

Sep 18 2019

Marooned: Cordova braces for a winter without ferry service

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Community, Economy, Local Government, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Transportation

Alaska’s coastal residents have long warned of dire effects if lawmakers sharply reduce ferry budgets. Now, absent an adjustment to the ferry schedule by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, those warnings could become reality.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | September 18, 2019 1:41 pm

Sep 13 2019

U.S. Navy personnel stand on the flight deck of the USS Comstock, docked in Kodiak, Sept. 10, 2019.

US military exercises come with indications of a growing Navy presence in Alaska

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | Aleutians, Arctic, Economy, Federal Government, Military, Nation & World, Southcentral, Southwest, Transportation, Western

Kodiak’s Pier 2 is used to hosting cruise ships and large crab boats this time of year. So a 600-foot Navy warship was a little out of place on Tuesday.

By Kavitha George, KMXT - Kodiak | September 13, 2019 2:12 pm

Sep 12 2019

Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband internet. What happens when it goes out?

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Arctic, Community, Health, Interior, North Slope, Northwest, Science & Tech, Southeast, Southwest, Western

Gail Alstrom of the St. Mary’s Sub-Regional Clinic says rural Alaska health care clinics like hers rely on broadband internet service. An outage sends them back in time.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | September 12, 2019 5:32 pm

Sep 09 2019

Alaska communities used to have plenty of fresh water. Then came severe drought.

By Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Business, Community, Environment, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Weather

After an unprecedented summer drought drained reservoirs and wells across Alaska, hundreds of people face immediate water shortages — and lingering questions about the future.

By Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media | September 9, 2019 11:33 am

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NTSB: Pilot inexperience and unfavorable winds factors in fatal PenAir crash in Unalaska

Unalaska considers legal action against airlines involved in last month’s fatal plane crash

Unalaska declares emergency over suspended air service; city plans to charter flights for community

With regular flights still suspended, Unalaska considers emergency declaration after crash

There’s a new fight over Bering Sea black cod. Warming water may be to blame.

As Arctic ice melts, will the Navy return to Adak?

Marooned: Cordova braces for a winter without ferry service

US military exercises come with indications of a growing Navy presence in Alaska

Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband internet. What happens when it goes out?

Alaska communities used to have plenty of fresh water. Then came severe drought.

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