
Alaska providers pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine while feds investigate rare risk of blood clots
While the state of Alaska hasn’t weighed in yet on what an extended delay or potential loss of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine would do to its plans, some providers say it isn’t much of a burden.

You’re vaccinated for COVID-19. Now what can you do?
Five Alaska doctors recently weighed in on tiptoeing back to normalcy after being fully vaccinated.

‘Best damned neighbors you will ever find’: Vaccine clinic raises hope in community split by border
For Hyder, the only road out runs through British Columbia. That makes this town of about 50 very close with its Canadian neighbors.

Interior department chooses Native woman for top Alaska advisor
Raina Thiele was President Obama’s lead tribal liaison and helped organize his landmark trip to Alaska in 2015.

Why cruise ship wastewater helps and hurts Juneau’s sewage treatment utility
Juneau is the only regular cruise ship stop in Alaska that offers wastewater service to ships in port.

Activists want voters to consider limiting cruise ship access to Juneau
If the initial paperwork is OK, the activists will have 30 days to collect nearly 3,000 signatures from local voters to get three cruise ship questions on the fall ballot.

Senators unveil bill to extend, limit Alaska disaster declaration as deadline for food aid looms
The end of the month is the deadline for the Legislature to pass a bill — and for Dunleavy to sign it — or low-income Alaskans will lose $8 million in additional food aid.

Yup’ik engineers team up to build apps for Yugtun language learning
Two Yup’ik engineers are trying to push the Yugtun language into the future using technology.

Federal funds could fill in Juneau’s budget gap from last year and take a big bite out of next year’s
Last year, the city spent a lot of money during the pandemic that the Assembly hadn’t originally budgeted for — that’s everything from city busses running for free to standing up an emergency operations center.

Juneau miners are getting vaccinated, with help from their employers
Scheduling miners for a vaccine clinic is a bit of challenge, but it could eventually lead to relaxed testing and quarantine protocols for fully-vaccinated miners who arrive in Juneau from out of state.

Pacific heat wave had lasting impacts on Gulf of Alaska marine species
Some fish, like certain populations of herring, are rebounding more rapidly. But taken altogether, the data paints the picture of an ecosystem still reeling from a warming ocean.

For newly minted Iñupiaq doctoral graduate, opening doors for Native scholars is vital
For one Iñupiaq woman, hearing the words doctor next to her name was emotional: Her response to passing her dissertation defense went viral this month after hundreds of thousands of people watched her reaction.

Cook Inlet slated to have one of the first tidal power generators in the country
Cook Inlet has some of the largest tides in the world, but so far their energy potential has been left untapped.

Proposed bill would allow boosting wild shellfish populations with hatchery stock
Throughout Alaska’s waters, shellfish populations have been in decline for decades — decimated by overfishing in the 1980s and by changing ocean environments in the years since.

‘Green bank’ for sustainable energy projects finds favor with Dunleavy and Young
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced bills to create an “energy independence fund” to finance sustainable energy projects on Friday.

Key federal fisheries advisory panel loses Alaska Native voice
The blowback of Hayden’s ouster was immediate, especially among stakeholders advocating for Indigenous voices in fisheries management.

Denali Park glacier surging for the first time since 1957
The Muldrow Glacier is moving about 20 meters per day right now, over 100 times faster than its non-surge speed of 16 centimeters a day. The last time it surged was in 1956-57.

Air National Guard rescues crashed pilot near Lime Village
The Alaska Air National Guard rescued the pilot of a crashed Cessna airplane near Lime Village on April 7.

A tiny home community could be a new start for Sitka’s chronically homeless
Despite decades of efforts by various organizations, Sitka has no homeless shelter.

At Sitka herring camp, an advocate passes down subsistence traditions
Tom Gamble is determined to see subsistence harvesting of herring eggs continue — by working to protect herring stocks and teaching kids how to harvest eggs. This spring, he shared some of his knowledge in a herring camp for kids.