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Anchorage-based nonprofit sues U.S. Navy for canceling $5 million grant
Alaska's News Source
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July 9, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage-based nonprofit has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Navy for suddenly canceling a $5 million federal grant that funded Alaska’s ARCTIC program. According to its website, Launch Alaska is a nonprofit...
MATSON PUBLISHES 2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) About Matson Founded in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX ) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. Matson provides a vital lifeline of ocean freight transportation services to the domestic non-contiguous...
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy’s office says state has no plans to build ‘Bear Alcatraz’ to jail ICE detainees
Alaska Beacon
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July 9, 2025
After a Fox News interview raised the possibility of Alaska building a “Bear Alcatraz” Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, the office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy said on Tuesday that the state has no such plans. The Dunleavy...
At this safety demo, Anchorage residents aim their bear spray at a foam target
Alaska Public Media
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July 9, 2025
On a recent sunny evening at Kincaid Park, a group of Anchorage residents gathered around a charging bear — printed out and taped to a foam posterboard. Marian Snively, a wildlife education specialist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game,...
Ameresco Partners With Alaska Utility on Juneau Hydropower Project
Power Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Energy solutions provider Ameresco announced a partnership with Alaska’s Juneau Hydropower to develop, build, and operate a 19.8-MW hydropower station at Sweetheart Lake. The facility is located 33 miles south of downtown Juneau. The project also...
Alaska Democrats have their candidate for US House
Must Read Alaska
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July 8, 2025
The Alaska Democratic Party now has its first declared candidate for the state’s sole US House seat on the 2026 ballot. At 10 pm on July 2, John Brendan Williams, a fisheries specialist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Sea Grant program,...
Clearing the Air: Will Alaska’s Senators serve Alaskans or PBS and NPR?
Alaska Watchman
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July 9, 2025
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan take tough votes every day. But the vote to defund the left-wing media outlets PBS and NPR should not be one of them. The Senate has until July 18 to vote on a bill to cut $1.1 billion in taxpayer money that...
Alaska’s Eielson Air Force Base is top choice for military’s first nuclear microreactor
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Eielson Air Force Base entrance in Fairbanks, photographed on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN) An Air Force base in Alaska has been selected to be the first U.S. military installation with a nuclear microreactor under a Defense...
Collaboration to Strengthen Alaska’s Food Economy
Alaska Business
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July 9, 2025
Alaska’s food systems face some of the nation’s most unique and complex challenges, with limited infrastructure and harsh climate conditions. Compared to the Lower 48, costs of inputs like labor and supplies are significantly higher here, making...
Dunleavy’s office says Alaska has no plans to build ‘Bear Alcatraz’ for ICE detainees
Alaska Public Media
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July 9, 2025
After a Fox News interview raised the possibility of Alaska building a “Bear Alcatraz” Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, the office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy said on Tuesday that the state has no such plans. The Dunleavy...
Interior Alaska continues to face climate conditions for wildfires with some impacts to South Central
KBBI AM 890 - Alaska
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July 7, 2025
In the last week of June, wildfires exploded and blazed across the interior of Alaska that led to the home evacuations of residents from Fairbanks, Healy and Tok. There were also road closures involved. Late last month, The Bear Creek Fire...
Cruising through Norway is about to change. Here's what to know.
USA Today - Virginia
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Starting in 2026, Norway will implement zero-emissions requirements for ships in its fjords. The regulations aim to reduce air and noise pollution from cruise ships and protect the natural environment. The rules will initially apply to smaller...
Precious metals, why not Alaska?
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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To the editor: The dispute over tariffs continues to be debated, particularly with China. China’s response is to leverage our dependance on rare earth minerals from China, which are necessary for our production of strategic aircraft and other...
Cinematic landscapes, epic wildlife spotting and plenty of ice – our unforgettable family cruise through Alaska
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Democratic View: Turn your climate change despair into your greater purpose
Tompkins Weekly - New York
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July 9, 2025
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this column are those of author Mike Hoffmann and are not representative of the thoughts or opinions of Tompkins Weekly. We are living in extraordinarily challenging times—inundated with health, economic,...
Following raid, video shows Haines wildlife center owner traveling to Alaska zoo to check on animals
Alaska's News Source
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July 8, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A new video posted July 4 by Kroschel Film Wildlife Center owner Steve Kroschel, shows him traveling from Haines to the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage asking staff about animals that a search warrant obtained by Alaska’s News...
Air quality advisories issued for Interior Alaska due to wildfire smoke
KTVF - Alaska
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July 8, 2025
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - Two advisories for poor air quality in the Interior were issued by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) due to wildfire smoke in the area, one affecting the Western Interior, the other for Central...
AROUND ALASKA: Fishermen Rescued, Cultural Mural and Pizza Fundraiser!
Your Alaska Link
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Troopers Rescue Bristol Bay Fishermen Alaska Wildlife Troopers report that three fishermen were rescued after their boat was overturned in shallow, stormy water. That happened in the Ugashik District in Bristol Bay. Troopers noted that these...
Paralytic shellfish poisoning moves beyond Alaska's shoreline
Alaska Public Media
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July 8, 2025
Just back from the beach in Sand Point, Jackie McConnell carried a bucket of clams and cockles into her motel room at the Anchor Inn. McConnell is the project coordinator for the Knik Tribe's program for monitoring paralytic shellfish poisoning,...
Alex Gimarc: Sustainable aquaculture in Alaska?
Must Read Alaska
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July 8, 2025
By ALEX GIMARC I received a heads up last week from Craig Medred, announcing a World Bank publication that spoke in glowing terms about the role aquaculture is going to play in feeding a growing worldwide population. It predicts as many as 22...