The Alaska Marine Highway’s director says a requirement to buy American-made parts has been a major stumbling block.
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Regional airline Ravn Alaska calls it quits
The regional airline had been cutting staff and routes nearly from its inception in 2020.
Aleutian communities on edge after massive earthquake sends waves to U.S. coasts
A tsunami advisory was lifted for the Aleutians and the Pribilof Islands Wednesday morning, after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
Tsunami warning lifted for Aleutians, advisory still in effect following M8.8 earthquake in Russia
Alaska communities in the Aleutians were under a tsunami advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative
Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam Tunuu, the language of the Indigenous Unangax̂ people.
Bering Sea snow crab season kicks off for first time in 3 years
Earlier this month, commercial snow crabs started hitting Unalaska’s docks again for the first time in nearly three years.