New from Northern Journal: Interesting stuff
The inaugural edition of Interesting Stuff has items on the Southeast Alaska troll lawsuit, the timber controversy in Yakutat, a new pro-family advisor for the governor and a renewable energy project.
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Alaska’s university system says two science education leaders are on administrative leave
The system says Herb Schroeder, who leads the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, is on non-disciplinary administrative leave, along with one of his deputies.
To protect orcas, federal judge orders closure of iconic Southeast Alaska troll fishery
A federal judge issued an order Tuesday voiding an environmental review that helped authorize the small-scale fishery, a $30 million industry that employs hundreds of people in Southeast Alaska.
Anchorage’s electric utility is having the most hotly contested election in years. We surveyed the candidates.
Nine candidates are vying for three seats on Chugach Electric Association's board of directors. Here are their positions on renewable power, transparency and liquefied natural gas imports.
AIDEA paid $63,500 to settle ex-spokesman's wrongful termination lawsuit
Karsten Rodvik sued Alaska's economic development agency in September for more than $1 million, claiming his termination was illegal and discriminatory. The case was quietly dismissed months later.
Yakutat tribal leader fears loss of land as bank sues Southeast Alaska village corporation for $13.3 million
Leaders of Yakutat's village corporation say they didn't pledge land as collateral for loans they took out to start a logging business. But some fear tribal land could be sold to satisfy the debt.
Fish hatcheries, long seen as a last resort, get a new look amid Yukon River salmon crisis
First Nations groups in the Yukon Territory and Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy's administration are advancing discussions about whether hatcheries could help stem a steep crash in salmon populations.