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Remains of two people missing in Marmot Bay found and identified
Kayla Desroches, KMXT – Kodiak
The remains of the two people missing in Marmot Bay have been located.
Fatal December plane crash ruled a suicide
Teresa Cotsirilos, KYUK – Bethel
Last December, Mark and Cecilia Matter lost their lives when their red plane crashed into Marvel Dome, a snow-covered mountain near the family’s mine. Authorities now consider the Aniak couple’s death to be a suicide.
Despite ongoing special session, legislators yet to return to Juneau in two weeks
Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
It’s been two weeks since most state lawmakers left Juneau after passing the operating budget. But the Legislature’s special session hasn’t ended. And while senators plan to return on July 10, it’s not clear whether the Senate and House will reach any agreements before the session ends on July 15.
Hollis French appointed to head Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Elizabeth Harball, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
Governor Bill Walker has appointed Hollis French to lead a state agency that oversees oil and gas production and enforces industry safety rules.
Alaska wildfires aren’t heating up this year
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
It’s been a slow wildfire season so far. As of July 6, just over 200,000 acres have burned from 273 different fires.
Wrangell contract talks end, strike may resume
Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau
Wrangell officials have pulled out of contact talks with the union representing municipal workers.
What enviros won by losing the pipeline battle
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
With the pipeline turning 40, a look back at how Big Green fought Big Oil, how that fight transformed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, and why Congress ever agreed to it.
Free Tlingit workbook part of language revitalization
Carter Barrett, KTOO – Juneau
Sealaska Heritage Institute recently published the “Beginning Tlingit Workbook.” It is part of the ongoing effort to revitalize Tlingit language.
Summer SE Dungeness crab season shortened by three weeks
Nora Saks, KFSK – Petersburg
The summer season for the commercial Dungeness crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will be three weeks shorter than usual, closing on July 25th.
In Sitka: A mobile plant built to chill out the Bristol Bay fishery
Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka
Alaska’s Bristol Bay sockeye fishery is intense, lucrative — and also remote. Much of the fish landed there is frozen whole and shipped long distances for secondary processing. Although the product is famous, there are some who think the quality could be improved. In Sitka, a pair of entrepreneurs is betting $2 million that they can deliver a better Bristol Bay sockeye. Meet Northline Seafoods.
