Recent research by a University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student has turned up a shift in diet in the Cook Inlet belugas that may help explain part of the decline.
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Petersburg sees brief influx of March flies in May
March flies occasionally emerge in big swarms. They’re likely around in other years, one bug enthusiast says, but aren’t as noticeable in smaller concentrations.
Meet the companies testing self-driving vehicles in the Pacific Northwest
“The industry, the private sector is pulling government along, whether we’re ready or not,” a said Washington transportation official said. “We’re trying to play catch up, but we do need a public policy framework.”
Murkowski cites rural Alaska in net neutrality vote with Dems
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of three Senate Republicans to vote to preserve net neutrality. Alaska’s other Republican senator, Dan Sullivan, voted for the repeal.
Student survey team witnesses active tidewater glacier
A team of students from Petersburg High School finished up their latest calculations Thursday on the LeConte Glacier position. The annual survey has been recording the retreat of the ice mass since 1983, when teacher Paul Bowen started the program.
Kreiss-Tomkins backs funding for Sitka harbors, NOAA research in Juneau
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is based in Washington state. But Sitka Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins wants to see NOAA’s Alaska-focused staff, programs and assets relocated closer to home.