On Oct. 5, health officials announced 20 new cases, all in Quinhagak — an unprecedented single-day increase for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
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747 wins heavyweight title in Katmai’s annual Fat Bear Week
Bear 747 got over 41,000 votes and defeated runner-up, Chunk, in the last round.
Alaska marine highway task force recommends shrinking fleet, forward funding the ferry system
A majority of the work group looked favorably on a controversial new ferry terminal at Juneau’s Cascade Point. Proponents say it would shave two hours of travel time on runs up Lynn Canal, allowing dayboats to complete the round trip voyage between Juneau, Haines and Skagway within a 12-hour window.
‘The fattest Fat Bear Week ever’: Large salmon runs key in this year’s competition
This year’s surplus of salmon led to less competition along Brook River Falls — a peaceful harvest that saw bear cubs playing with other family groups.
For Alaska’s seafood processors, COVID-19 has cost tens of millions of dollars
Garrett Everidge, an economist at the McDowell Group, says processors have spent $50 million dollars on COVID-19 mitigation plans so far.
Edgmon and Stutes ask Dunleavy to keep his distance from Pebble’s permit quest
Two legislative leaders wrote the governor Tuesday saying the state shouldn’t provide land for a mitigation plan that mine developers hope will win them a federal permit.