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Listicle: The Murkowski earmarks proposed for Alaska
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Murkowski, Sullivan Announce Over $116 Million in Infrastructure Funding for High Speed Internet in Alaska
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Surprise $60 million investment for Pebble
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90K Alaska households are eligible for internet assistance - only 10K are taking advantage
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Alert level raised following Semisopochnoi explosion

August 22, 2022

22 August

The Alaska Volcano Observatory reported that a short-lived explosion of the Semisophochnoi Volcano occurred Sunday afternoon at 1:47 p.m. Webcam images near the volcano show the plume of ash ejecting high into the sky, although satellite imagery showed no visible ash plume. As a result, the...

Listicle: The Murkowski earmarks proposed for Alaska

August 02, 2022

02 August

The Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee recently published the majority’s proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) appropriations bills. As a senior member of the Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, U.S. Senator Lisa...

Murkowski, Sullivan Announce Over $116 Million in Infrastructure Funding for High-Speed Internet in Alaska

July 28, 2022

28 July

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding over $116 million to improve high-speed internet access in numerous Alaska villages and communities. These grants were made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure...

Surprise $60 million investment for Pebble

July 28, 2022

28 July

n a move that could help it push the Pebble project across the permitting finish line, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. has entered into an agreement with an unnamed investor for US$60 million over the next two years in exchange for royalties from the gold and silver that would be recovered as a...

90K Alaska households are eligible for internet assistance - only 10K are taking advantage

July 21, 2022

21 July

White House touts a recently launched "one-stop" website to make signing up easier

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs bill increasing rural power subsidy

July 21, 2022

21 July

Up to 82,000 rural Alaskans will see lower power bills because of legislation signed this month by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

OPINION: Research and education help renewable energy efforts for rural Alaska

July 21, 2022

21 July

How can we be sure that renewable energy realizes the benefits it promises to rural Arctic communities, especially as they face unprecedented and rapid environmental changes? One way is to take a holistic approach to renewable energy planning and be sure that it not only meets energy needs but...

Man missing after going out in a skiff on Lake Iliamna on Sunday

July 20, 2022

20 July

Alaska State Troopers are searching for a man who went missing while traveling across Lake Iliamna in a skiff Sunday evening.

Southwest Alaska wildfire sweeps through Pebble Mine site

July 07, 2022

07 July

A Southwest Alaska wildfire has burned through the site of a support camp for the Pebble Mine project as the state’s wildfire season remains on pace to be one of the worst on record.

Biologists puzzled at huge discrepancy between Port Moller Test Fishery data and actual run

July 07, 2022

07 July

Last week, there were several days of relatively low catches at the Port Moller Test Fishery. The test fishery reported the fourth consecutive day of low catch indices for this time of year on June 30.

Historic sailboat begins voyage to Naknek

July 07, 2022

07 July

For more than 60 years, sailboats dominated Bristol Bay’s commercial fishery. Motorized vessels were illegal. Then, in 1951, the federal government finally allowed motorized fishing vessels in Bristol Bay.

COVID case count increases in Bristol Bay

July 04, 2022

04 July

There has been a sharp uptick of COVID cases in Bristol Bay in mid-June. Between June 22 and 28, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services recorded 14 new cases in the Dillingham census area and 77 new cases in the Bristol Bay plus Lake and Peninsula boroughs. But Mary Swain, Executive...

Lime Complex June 29th Daily Update: Smoke continues to impact operations, firefighters implement protection measures ahead of Red Flag weather

June 29, 2022

29 June

The Lime Complex consists of eight staffed fires and ten unstaffed fires. The total size of the combined fires is 588,150 acres. There are 223 total resources assigned to the complex, including hand crews, fire modules, boats, aircraft and overhead personnel.

EPA extends comment period on watershed protections that would block Pebble Mine

June 29, 2022

29 June

The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it is extending its comment period for proposed restrictions on mining of the Pebble deposit. The comment period was originally set to end in July. Now, it will continue for two more months to September 6.

Float plane carrying seven people crashed in Lake Iliamna on Saturday

June 28, 2022

28 June

A float plane carrying seven people crashed in Lake Iliamna on Saturday evening, roughly a half mile from Kokhanok. Newhalen Lodge operated the plane, according to Alaska State Troopers.

EPA Announces Revised 404(c) Proposed Determination

June 26, 2022

26 June

EPA Region 10 published a Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Proposed Determination to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters in the Bristol Bay watershed (South Fork Koktuli River, North Fork Koktuli River, and Upper Talarik Creek watersheds) as disposal sites for the discharge of dredged...

Nominations for Assembly & School Board Open

June 06, 2022

06 June

Lake and Peninsula Borough Assembly and School Board Nominations Open June 6, 2022.

Notice is hereby given that on October 4, 2022, the General Election of the Lake and Peninsula Borough will be held in accordance with AS 29.26.040, for the purpose of electing the following...

Fire Danger in LPB

June 06, 2022

06 June

FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

FIRE DANGER IN LAKE AND PENINSULA BOROUGH

June 6, 2022

Dry weather and dry grass have produced extreme fire danger and potential for wildfires in all of Lake and Peninsula Borough. Residents, visitors, and workers...

There are too many pink salmon in the Pacific

June 03, 2022

03 June

Evidence is mounting that pink salmon, pumped by the billions into the North Pacific from fish hatcheries, are upending marine ecosystems. Climate change is making this worse.

13 Western Alaska tribal and fishing organizations ask Alaska Peninsula fishery to shut down to protect chum salmon

June 03, 2022

03 June

Thirteen organizations representing subsistence and commercial salmon fishermen in Western Alaska have signed a joint letter asking a fishery along the coast of the Alaska Peninsula to shut down during the month of June to prevent it from harvesting chum salmon bound for Western Alaska rivers....

Judge permits limited gillnet fishing for all Alaskans along Kuskokwim, for now

June 01, 2022

01 June

The judge sided with Alaska on whether, for the moment, all Alaskans will be allowed to take advantage of openings to fish on the river

Econ 919 - Divvying up Disaster Dollars

May 29, 2022

29 May

A $131.8 million package of federal relief funds is heading to Alaska fishermen and researchers to offset what are known as fishery disasters in the state.

Biden Administration Sues Alaska Over Opening of Fishing Areas Amid Shortages

May 28, 2022

28 May

When Fish numbers are low, who gets to continue to harvest fish in rural Alaska? Federal agencies say only local, rural residents. The state of Alaska says all Alaskans.

EPA Moves Once More to Protect Bristol Bay

May 25, 2022

25 May

The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has followed through on its promise of Clean Water Act protections for Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, issuing a revised proposal for public comment May 25.

The US has Spent More than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish are Vanishing Anyway.

May 24, 2022

24 May

The U.S. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. But instead of preserving wild salmon, it propped up a failing system of hatcheries. Now, that system is falling apart.

Opinion: It's time for bold action to protect our fisheries

May 19, 2022

19 May

It is hard to imagine life in the Great Land without Alaska’s healthy oceans. Our fisheries feed the world, sustain our unique cultures and communities, and underpin our state’s economy. That is why we need an effective plan to address ocean acidification and safeguard our fisheries for future...

A tasty tax benefit for processors

May 19, 2022

19 May

The Alaska legislative session has concluded, and among the bills that passed is a measure to revive and expand a lucrative tax credit for seafood processors.

Learning from Indigenous knowledge holders on the state and future of wild Pacific salmon

May 16, 2022

16 May

Pacific salmon are far more than just food for many Indigenous Peoples across the Pacific Rim. They are part of traditions that go back thousands of years, such as the First Salmon Ceremony — a celebration to welcome salmon back from their journey into the ocean, and to pay them respect.

Yukon River closed to harvest of salmon except by Federally qualified subsistence users

May 11, 2022

11 May

The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) met in public by teleconference on May 4, 2022 and adopted Temporary Special Action FSA22-01 for conservation purposes. Specifically, the Board closed Federal public waters of the Yukon Northern Area to the harvest of Chinook, summer and fall Chum, and Coho...

The federal government will manage the Yukon River salmon fishery where the river passes through federal lands

May 06, 2022

06 May

The federal government will manage the Yukon River salmon fishery this summer where the river passes through federal lands. That action follows a decision released on May 6 by the Federal Subsistence Board.

Governor Dunleavy Demands Federal Recognition of State Owned Lands

April 26, 2022

26 April

April 26, 2022 (Anchorage) — Today, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced a lawsuit that asks the courts to recognize the State’s ownership to submerged lands within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, an ownership granted at Statehood but not yet fully recognized by...

Chasing "The Blob", The Aftermath of a Marine Eco-Monster

April 15, 2022

15 April

The 1958 creature feature The Blob ends (spoiler alert for a movie older than Alaska statehood) with the titular monster frozen in its slimy tracks and airlifted to the North Pole, not dead but at least defeated. “As long as the Arctic stays cold,” quips Steve McQueen’s character. Well, about that….

Five People Survive Plane Crash Near Iliamna

March 06, 2022

06 March

A plane carrying five adults crashed about eight miles southwest of Iliamna around 1 p.m. on Saturday, according to a dispatch post from Alaska State Troopers.

While Chignik fishermen wait on 2018 relief funds, some look beyond the fishery to survive

February 15, 2022

15 February

Isabelle Ross from KDLG reports on the status of the fishermen from the disastrous fishery in Chignik.

While Chignik fishermen wait on 2018 relief funds, some look beyond the fishery to survive

February 14, 2022

14 February

Isabelle Ross from KDLG tells the story of fishermen from the disastrous Chignik fishery.

Development Permit for a New Store in Newhalen

February 01, 2022

01 February

The LPB Planning Commission approved a development permit for a new store on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.

8.2 Earthquake

The State of Alaska deployed an interagency damage assessment team of borough and state officials to the Alaska Peninsula Monday following the magnitude 8.2...

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