Scientists have found that as sea ice has dwindled in Arctic waters, a new predator has moved in to feed on the marine mammals: killer whales.
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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.
Sen. Sullivan meets with Trump’s nominee to Supreme Court
Sullivan supports taking up the nomination now, in an election year. He opposed doing that in 2016, when Barack Obama was president, saying voters should weigh in first.
Trump administration reportedly overrules CDC recommendation to extend no-sail cruise ship order
News outlet Axios reports that the CDC pushed to extend an order barring large cruise ships from sailing from U.S. ports, but the agency was overruled by Vice President Mike Pence.
Newscast – Wednesday, September 30, 2020
In this newscast: Proposition 2 in Juneau’s municipal election asks voters to authorize up to $15 million in new public debt to pay for repairs and improvements to city infrastructure; Sitka’s urban Native corporation has a new look — and a new outlook following annual board elections in September; An annual market event held for the past 37 years in Alaska’s capital city has been canceled because of the coronavirus; Owners of sled dogs in Alaska’s Yukon River region have had difficulty feeding the animals since the state halted subsistence fishing because of weak salmon runs.