Northwest

Apr 02 2019
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Bill would extend moratorium on state reimbursing municipalities for school bonds

By | Economy, Education, Interior, Northwest, State Government

The state has been reimbursing municipalities for most bond debt for school bonds issued before the moratorium. It doesn’t have a legal obligation to do that. Local voters are told when they approve bonds that the state’s share is subject to the annual state budget process.

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Mar 06 2019
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The Red Dog Mine in 2010. (Photo by Alaska Public Media)

EPA report shows increased chemical releases at Red Dog Mine, state pushes back

By | Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Northwest, State Government

An EPA report shows Alaska’s Red Dog Mine is a major contributor of chemical releases in the region. But state officials claim the numbers delivered by the EPA do not reflect the risk of exposure to the public.

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Feb 13 2019
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How Alaska school districts planned to spend that $20 million

By | 2 Alaska, Aleutians, Arctic, Education, Interior, Juneau, North Slope, Northwest, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Western

Gov. Michael Dunleavy proposed doing away with $20 million in education funding approved by the Legislature in 2018. Superintendents and lawmakers say school districts were counting on that money, and many have already started spending it.

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Jan 07 2019
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A view from the interior of Trail Creek Cave 2, the site where the ancient Beringian tooth was originally found by Danish archaeologists in 1949.

Found in a cave in Northwest Alaska, an ancient tooth offers insights into the first inhabitants of the Americas

By | Arctic, History, Northwest, Science & Tech, University of Alaska

A 9,000-year-old child’s tooth found in a cave near Deering, Alaska, belonged to a “relative of all other Native Americans,” says archaeologist Jeff Rasic. The tooth is the oldest human remains found in the Arctic.

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Jan 03 2019
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Japan whaling decision may have consequences for Alaska subsistence whalers

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Federal Government, Nation & World, North Slope, Northwest, Subsistence

The chairman for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission says the group will work with the United States and other International Whaling Commission countries to try to preserve Japan’s membership in the organization.

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Nov 27 2018
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As ocean heats up off Northwest Alaska, the fishing does too

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Fisheries, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Weather

This year’s commercial harvest of chum salmon in Kotzebue Sound was nearly 700,000 fish, breaking a record nearly four decades old. To the south, the value of the commercial salmon catch in Norton Sound was also the highest ever.

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