It’s a challenge for Alaska’s Redistricting Board to keep one area together without affecting others.
"Kodiak"
Massive algae bloom in the Gulf of Alaska could be good for marine life
This year, researchers recorded the biggest bloom they’ve ever seen.
Mass testing can keep COVID out of schools. None of Alaska’s largest districts are doing it.
One model found that mass testing of students could cut cases by more than half in schools where masks are required and vaccination and prior infection rates are low.
Kodiak’s ‘ghost ship’ Saint Patrick remains pollution hazard decades later
The wreckage of the Saint Patrick is a testament to one of Alaska’s deadliest fishing disasters, and it remains an environmental hazard today.
Alaska-based veterans reflect on Afghanistan, resurgence of Taliban
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been watched closely by veterans of the 20-year war. That includes many based or formerly based in Alaska, which is said to have a higher percentage of veterans than any other state.
Kodiak fisherman gets $1M fine, 6-month sentence for falsifying fishing records
James Aaron Stevens admitted in a plea agreement that he lied about where he harvested over 900,000 pounds of halibut and sablefish between 2014 and 2017.
GCI launches marine survey in hopes of bringing fiber service to the Aleutians
GCI is partnering with a Matanuska Valley surveying company to chart the subsea floor along an 860-mile route from Kodiak to the Aleutians.
Digitizing Native museum collections and the future of repatriating sacred objects
The Alutiiq Museum, which is based in Kodiak, will begin to digitize its collection with the eventual goal of expanding and digitizing collections from other museums. Museum collections curator Amanda Lancaster says they’re already using a database and have most of their objects catalogued. “We use a database called Collective Access…. So, we already have…
Colonization’s dark history puts undue burden on Tribes seeking repatriation of remains, objects
One criticism of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is that it puts a huge burden of proof on Tribes.
Rep. Young requests a few earmarks — 15 years after his ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ made earmarking taboo
What’s not on Young’s list? One very large bridge from Ketchikan to Gravina Island, where the city’s airport is.