Bears tend to build their dens at an elevation of about 2,000 to 3,000 feet, usually where the angle of the slope is around 35 to 45 degrees.
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Coast Guard ends search for missing former Alaska health executive’s helicopter
In a prepared statement, the Coast Guard said the debris it spotted Tuesday was “consistent with” debris from Teuber’s helicopter, though it did not confirm that that was the case.
State safety inspectors tried to fine Copper River Seafoods $450,000. Their commissioner blocked it.
House Rep. Zack Fields got a complaint from a whistleblower that Ledbetter was blocking enforcement of state workplace safety standards. Now, they’re investigating.
Newscast — Tuesday, March 2, 2021
In this newscast: For the first time in over a week Petersburg’s active COVID-19 case count dropped Monday; An unfolding outbreak in Cordova, the Prince William Sound fishing town of 2,000, is a cautionary tale about what happens when residents don’t follow mitigation guidelines; A new musical project led by Nicholas Galanin has signed with legendary SubPop records; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has declined to reappoint Loren Jones of Juneau to the board the regulates the state’s legal marijuana industry; Alaska and Canadian officials in British Columbia have announced they have completed and will not continue data collection on three transboundary watersheds.
Army Corps agrees to reconsider Pebble Mine permit denial
The Corps decided in November that Pebble’s plan to mitigate the environmental damage was inadequate and that the project doesn’t serve the public.
Scammers are targeting family members of missing Alaskans, troopers say
A trooper press release warning Alaskans about the scam said the caller claims the missing person was kidnapped and now is sick and demands money for their safe return.