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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, June 30, 2025
Alaska Public Media
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Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Fisheries experts predict bigger sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay this fishing season. Plus, Anchorage residents document the private lives of urban wildlife with trail cameras. And, Tribal groups transform Pilgrim Hot...
A national quest for uranium comes to remote Western Alaska, raising fears in a nearby village
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Elim, Alaska is perched above Norton Bay, an inlet of the Bering Sea. (Max Graham / Northern Journal) This story was published by Northern Journal in partnership with Inside Climate News and is the second in a two-story series. ELIM — Daylight was...
From reef ruins to science inspiration: Marine mission in Tuvalu concludes
Pacific Media Network
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A months-long expedition in Tuvalu wrapped up last week, marking the completion of the country’s first full marine survey designed to guide national ocean protection policy. The collaborative expedition, led by National Geographic Pristine Seas in...
Bill pending in Senate would make high Alaska energy costs worse, groups warn
Alaska Beacon
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July 1, 2025
Alaskans pay nearly the highest percentage of their household incomes on energy of any state, and federal policy changes proposed in the budget reconciliation bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate would make the problem worse, according...
Orcas sharing prey with humans may be trying to learn ‘who we are,’ researcher says
Brandon Sun
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June 30, 2025
Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island when the orcas dropped their prey directly in front of him and his colleagues. The encounters he describes as “rare” and...
Alaska Airlines announces two new vice presidents in key workforce roles
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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SEATTLE, June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alaska Airlines board of directors has placed two leaders in vice president roles to oversee critical employee groups. These appointments place trusted leaders at the helm during a dynamic time in the...
Trump wants Alaska reserve open for drilling. We can still stop him
Raw Story
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June 30, 2025
Mariah Meek, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of northern Alaska. It’s...
Alaska's unique power sector can't afford to be penalized by the congressional process
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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For decades, federal support for renewable energy largely excluded Alaska while building new energy opportunities and capacity in the Lower 48. Nonprofit cooperatives, which generate nearly all of Alaska’s power, didn’t qualify. Hydropower, which...
Binaytara Receives Murdock Trust Grant to Expand Cancer Care, Education and Research Programs
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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BELLEVUE, Wash., June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Binaytara has been awarded a $372,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington, to hire a Director of Development (DoD) to raise support to create the Binaytara Cancer...
Researchers call for increased collaboration around domino effect of natural hazards
Tahoe Daily Tribune - California
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RENO, Nev. — Geoscientists have published a large review paper in the journal Science that highlights the capacity of current models to link landscape-altering events and calls for further studies of cascading natural hazards impacting the Earth’s...
Alaska’s GDP has stagnated, with growth ranking near the U.S. bottom, analysis shows
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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Shipping containers are moved at the Don Young Port of Alaska on November 22, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN) Alaska’s gross domestic product grew more slowly over the past decade than that of all other states except for one, according to a Department...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services industry across SC Alaska News publication area
SC Alaska News
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June 30, 2025
Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS | https://www.dhswatchlist.com/ Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS |...
NOAA awards US$95.4m contract to upgrade Oscar Dyson technology
Meteorological Technology International
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June 30, 2025
NOAA has awarded US$95,408,666 to JAG Alaska from Seward, Alaska, to complete expanded upgrades and maintenance on the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson. Following the 2026 field season, the ship will go into a year-long maintenance period. Upgraded...
Federal biologist in Seattle devoted her life to science. Then came Trump’s cuts
The Columbian - Washington State
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EVERETT — Anna Kagley was working at a federal lab in Seattle in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled some 11 million gallons of crude oil in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. She removed gallbladders and sampled bile from young salmon in search...
HAARP researchers want you to know they’re just normal Alaskans doing ‘really cool science’
Alaska Public Media
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June 30, 2025
A gravel road runs along the edge of HAARP’s array – that matrix of giant radio antennas on the tundra that’s been blamed for everything from the 2010 Haiti earthquake to chronic fatigue syndrome. On June 14, Fairbanksan Carl Triplehorn stood by...
What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
The Conversation
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June 30, 2025
The largest tract of public land in the United States is a wild expanse of tundra and wetlands stretching across nearly 23 million acres of northern Alaska. It’s called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, but despite its industrial-sounding...
Landslides during periods of glacial retreat in Alaska
Eos
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June 30, 2025
An excellent new paper (Walden et al. 2025) examines the occurrence of accelerated movement in rock slope landslides in Alaska as adjacent glaciers melt. The exceptional temperatures in recent days in both North America and Europe has once again...
In Canada’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of mining, speculators power a hunt for Alaska’s minerals
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Participants at the Association for Mineral Exploration conference in Vancouver in January 2025 examine core samples through magnifying devices. The yearly conference is known as a gathering place for companies with prospects in Alaska. (Jesse...
Crypto Custodian Anchorage Phasing Out USDC Use
PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts
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June 30, 2025
Cryptocurrency custodian Anchorage Digital has decided it will stop supporting the popular USDC stablecoin. As Coindesk reported Friday (June 27), this move has provoked sharp criticism from USDC-issuer Circle and other crypto sector players. The...
Palestinian flag flies over Anchorage Hillside home of UAA professor
Must Read Alaska
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June 29, 2025
A large Palestinian flag flying from a luxury home on the Anchorage Hillside has raised eyebrows after local news outlet the Alaska Landmine identified the homeowner as Osama Abaza, a University of Alaska Anchorage professor who was born in Nablus...