A related study of harbor seals in the Aleutians found a similar decline over a three-year period, with an average decrease of about 10% of their weight.
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‘People really pulled together’: Volunteers help fix Nenana’s frozen-up water plant
City workers discovered that an overhead door in the city’s water-treatment plant had been left open overnight — and the temperature had plunged to 36 below zero.
For a brief window, Dillingham kindergartners got to learn and play together in school
The 13-day window of in-class instruction was a welcome respite for the kids, who hadn’t been in a classroom since last November.
Cruise industry, business figures push back against Ketchikan head tax proposal
Ketchikan’s proposed change to its cruise passenger head tax has met with opposition from the cruise industry and some local business owners.
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