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    Coronavirus cases detected at Alaska seafood plant owned by Seattle-based Trident Seafoods

    • Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times
    • Updated Jan 19, 2021
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    Seattle-based Trident Seafoods reports that four workers at the company's Akutan, Alaska, seafood plant have tested positive for coronavirus, including one who had difficulty breathing and had to be evacuated by air to a hospital in Anchorage.

    Joint Army-Air Force base in Anchorage bans on-post alcohol sales after 10 p.m.

    • Wyatt Olson, Stars and Stripes
    • Updated Jan 18, 2021
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    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska has banned the sale of alcohol on the installation between the hours of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in an attempt to reduce consumption and "related harms" such as suicide.

    Petit wins fourth consecutive Copper Basin 300

    • Sam Ferrara, sferrara@newsminer.com
    • Updated Jan 11, 2021
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    This is the fourth year in a row that Petit has won the race. He was followed by Gunnar Johnson in second place and Ulsom in third.

    Trump signs Young Fishermen's Development Act into law

    • Anastasia E. Lennon, Tribune News Service
    • Updated Jan 8, 2021
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    President Donald Trump signed into law on Tuesday an act created to help young fishermen break into an industry that has seen increased barriers to entry and an aging workforce.

    14 passengers might be banned after no-mask, rowdy flight from DC to Seattle, Alaska Airlines says

    • Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times
    • Updated Jan 8, 2021
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    SEATTLE — At least 14 people could be placed on Alaska Airlines' banned passengers list after they were rowdy, argumentative and refused to wear masks on a flight from Dulles International Airport to Seattle, the airline said.

    New Arctic strategy calls for more Navy activity in the region as competition from Russia, China increases

    • Caitlin M. Kenney, Stars and Stripes
    • Updated Jan 6, 2021
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    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy released its strategy Tuesday on how the service plans to become more active in the Arctic as the region opens up to more economic and military competition from Russia and China.

    Still no date for Bowe murder trial

    Still no date for Bowe murder trial

    • By SARAH LAPIDUS sarah@kodiakdailymirror.com
    • Updated Jan 6, 2021
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    Court officials on Monday deferred setting a trial date for Matthew Bowe, who was charged in the 2016 fatal shooting of a man on a fishing vessel in Kodiak’s St. Herman Harbor. 

    Statewide evictions are down during pandemic

    • By ANDREW KENNESON andrew@kodiakdailymirror.com
    • Updated Jan 6, 2021
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    Since March, there has been a patchwork of rules around eviction. 

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    United States' only heavy icebreaker arrives in Dutch Harbor

    United States' only heavy icebreaker arrives in Dutch Harbor

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    • Updated Jan 6, 2021
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    The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, the United States’ only heavy icebreaker, arrived in Dutch Harbor on Tuesday for a logistics stop. It’s the first time the ship has docked in Dutch Harbor since 2013. 

    Federal judge could rule today on request to halt oil leasing in Arctic refuge

    Federal judge could rule today on request to halt oil leasing in Arctic refuge

    • Tegan Hanlon, Alaska’s Energy Desk
    • Updated Jan 5, 2021
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    It’s a major moment in a 40-year fight over whether to drill for oil in the northernmost slice of the refuge, called the coastal plain.

    Joint Army-Air Force base in Anchorage bans on-post alcohol sales after 10 p.m.

    Petit wins fourth consecutive Copper Basin 300

    Trump signs Young Fishermen's Development Act into law

    14 passengers might be banned after no-mask, rowdy flight from DC to Seattle, Alaska Airlines says

    New Arctic strategy calls for more Navy activity in the region as competition from Russia, China increases

    Still no date for Bowe murder trial

    Still no date for Bowe murder trial

    Statewide evictions are down during pandemic

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    United States' only heavy icebreaker arrives in Dutch Harbor

    United States' only heavy icebreaker arrives in Dutch Harbor

    Federal judge could rule today on request to halt oil leasing in Arctic refuge

    Federal judge could rule today on request to halt oil leasing in Arctic refuge

    North Pacific fishing crews on edge about what they'll find this month, after a tough 2020 of small fish and COVID-19

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    Daquilanea, who died from complications related to COVID-19, was a legend in the seafood industry

    Daquilanea, who died from complications related to COVID-19, was a legend in the seafood industry

    Haines disaster considered 200-500 year storm event

    Haines disaster considered 200-500 year storm event

    Report: Feds shouldn't have approved $2M Roadless grant to state

    University of Montana senior heads to remote Alaskan fishing village for student teaching experience

    Alaska Airlines orders more Boeing 737 MAXs to replace most of its Airbus jets

    Alaska Airlines orders more Boeing 737 MAXs to replace most of its Airbus jets

    Arctic ocean: Climate change is flooding the remote north with light — and new species

    Groups sue feds over lack of wolverine protections in Lower 48

    COVID expected to worsen seasonal affective disorder this winter as experts shed light on treatment

    Update: Supreme Court rejects Texas-led effort to toss out election results in four key states that Biden won

    Update: Supreme Court rejects Texas-led effort to toss out election results in four key states that Biden won

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    Transformation of the Arctic 'well underway' as warming continues

    Transformation of the Arctic 'well underway' as warming continues

    Scientists solve mystery of mass coho salmon deaths. The killer? A chemical from car tires

    Scientists solve mystery of mass coho salmon deaths. The killer? A chemical from car tires

    Trump administration takes aim at bird protection law that hit BP with $100 million oil spill fine

    Seattle-based Coast Guard icebreaker to head north on rare wintertime Arctic mission

    Seattle-based Coast Guard icebreaker to head north on rare wintertime Arctic mission

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