The legislature has appropriated nearly $67 million for operating the Alaska Marine Highway System — and even more for vessel repairs. That’s about $16 million more than Gov. Dunleavy proposed and could still be subject to the veto’s pen.
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A $2 trillion spending bill is designed to cushion the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump says cruise lines deserve to be included in this relief.
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Trappers took 165 wolves on and around Prince of Wales Island. That’s a record harvest following the lifting of the trapping quota set by state and federal wildlife managers.
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Federal Judge Sharon L. Gleason ruled the U.S. Forest Service violated the law when it approved a timber harvest without offering site-specific details of where logging would occur. The federal government says the project is needed to sustain Southeast Alaska’s timber industry.
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Rep. Louise Stutes (R-Kodiak) spend a day speaking ferry workers and marine highway management. She told reporters she was dismayed by the low morale and slow response by administration officials to the suspension in regional service.
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