Sign welcoming travelers from Alaska to the Yukon Territory in Canada. (Creative Commons) With the Coast Guard transfer season about to kick off, many travelers to and from Kodiak are concerned about how to make the trek if the US/Canada border remains closed. Here’s an update about the new extended closure from Henry Leasia, KHNS – Haines. Canadian Prime Minister Justin …

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media Northern Dynasty Vice President Doug Allen pitched the Pebble Mine to potential investors Feb. 28, 2020. (Image via YouTube) Pebble Mine opponent Lindsey Bloom thought she had the goods. When she saw a video showing an executive from Pebble’s parent company make a pitch to potential investors, she considered it proof of what fishermen …

By Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a news conference about COVID-19 in early May. (Office of the Governor) Alaska businesses can open at full capacity on Friday and sports can resume, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Tuesday evening. “Friday, we’re open for business across the state of Alaska,” Dunleavy said at a news conference. …

The so-called Spanish flu in 1918-1919 killed more than half of adults and Elders in villages across Alaska. Here, two orphans who survived the pandemic are near Bristol Bay. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Archives via Kathryn Ringsmuth and the Alaska Packers Association) By PABLO ARAUZ PEÑA (KTOO-JUNEAU) It’s October 1918 in Juneau, and the future of Alaska depends on …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In recognition of National Safe Boating Week 2020, May 16-22, the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary across Alaska are encouraging and promoting safe boating practices to protect lives on the water. The National Safe Boating Week campaign is a public outreach effort held annually during the week leading up to Memorial Day weekend and is designed …

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage A RavnAir Group Dash-8 plane sits on the tarmac at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. (RavnAir) A Juneau-based flight service says that continuing air service to Southwest Alaska communities like the bustling fishing port of Dutch Harbor could be jeopardized unless its bid to buy regional airline PenAir is accepted by its …

Electron scanning microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 in blue (Image from NIAID) Story by Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage A seafood worker has tested positive for the coronavirus. It’s the fifth nonresident seafood industry worker to test positive in Alaska, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services. RELATED: Thousands of summer workers are headed to Alaska from Outside, …

By Joe Coleman, KNOM – Nome Last month, as classes around the state moved online, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration announced plans to contract with the Florida Virtual School to provide online classes to students for free. The program could cost the state more than $500,000. Alaska’s contract with the online school followed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s recommendation to Alaska …

Story by Tyler Thompson, KDLG – Dillingham Alaska Airlines announced Monday that year-round services in Bristol Bay will start May 18. Alaska Air in Dillingham is scheduled to fly three days a week — Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The airline will fly two days a week in King Salmon, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. RELATED: Ravn files plan to liquidate, as bankruptcy …

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