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Dunleavy administration dismisses Alaska ferries chief
Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s top official lost her job this week to cost-cutting, according to Department of Transportation officials.
GOP lawmaker leaves Alaska House majority over budget vote
Associated Press
The bipartisan Alaska House majority has lost one of its Republican members in a disagreement over a budget vote.
Anchorage gatherings draws focus to missing and murdered indigenous women
Johanna Eurich, KYUK
A “healing circle” Saturday at the Alaska Native Heritage Center including drumming and a ceremony reading the names of 191 Alaska Native women who have died or disappeared.
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US Army Corps extends comment period on Pebble’s draft EIS
Isabelle Ross, KDLG – Dillingham
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended the public comment period on its draft environmental review of the proposed Pebble Mine.
Anchorage climate plan draft includes steep emission reduction goals
Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly is scheduled to receive a 106-page Climate Action Plan outlining everything from transportation recommendations to emission reduction targets.
As the Lower 48 continues to dry out, Alaska could get wetter
Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska’s Energy Desk
This past winter, parts of Southeast Alaska experienced severe drought. But a new study published in the journal Nature suggests that’s probably not a preview of what’s to come in Alaska.
