The bill, sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), pauses enforcement of a provision penalizing most foreign-flagged ships for transporting passengers directly between two U.S. ports.
The giant schools of wild Pacific salmon that can turn southeast Alaska’s ice-cold waters into a brilliant orange blur are thinning out, and those that do survive are shrinking in size.
The PCE program has lowered energy costs for tens of thousands of Alaska households to bring them closer in line with rates households pay in Fairbanks and other Alaska cities.
The Native Movement offers public policy training and advocacy on the environment, Indigenous people’s rights and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The organization is hosting discussions around a post-extraction state economy.
Traditions On Hold
Besides bringing losses, the pandemic made it hard or impossible for Native people to gather for funerals and to grieve in a way they normally would.
Faces
The first Healy teens to receive a Covid vaccine arrived at the Tri-Valley Community Center on Saturday.
Young asked Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to waive a provision under the Passenger Vessels Services Act (PVSA) to allow U.S. cruise ships bound for Alaska to make stops in Canada but require passengers to stay on board.
The official cause of death has not been released at this time.Â
The men had not yet begun the climb when an ice chunk fell from above and landed on top of them, according to the Park Service.Â
Denali National Park will begin collecting a 5% sales tax on the sale of alcohol in the park beginning July 1.Â
