Southwest

Dec 06 2019
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A man in an orange raincoat watches Pacific cod slide out of a black cage onto the boat.

Extremely low cod numbers lead feds to close the Gulf of Alaska fishery for the first time

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southwest, Western, Wildlife

In an unprecedented response to historically low numbers of Pacific cod, the federal cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska is closing for the 2020 season.

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Dec 01 2019
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A new report sheds more light on how climate change is impacting Alaska Native villages

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Interior, North Slope, Northwest, Science & Tech, Southwest, University of Alaska, Western

A recent report compiled by the Army Corps of Engineers and researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks documents erosion and other environmental threats facing communities in rural Alaska.

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Nov 15 2019
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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 | 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.

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