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Invasive European green crabs have likely found a lasting home in Washington’s coastal waters and parts of Puget Sound. The question now is whether the state can pinch down hard enough on the aquatic pests to prevent serious harm to native wildlife, shoreline ecosystems and the commercial shellfish industry. Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, tribes, shellfish growers and local conservation districts are all taking part in the battle against the unwelcome crustaceans. “This is one of the rare environmental issues that every...
Four decades ago, in days before the internet and automatic voter registration, Alaska Natives turned out to vote at high levels. That participation has eroded badly, a situation that should be reversed, said Michelle Sparck, director of an Alaska nonpartisan organization called Get Out The Native Vote. Alaska Natives are not fully realizing their power if they do not vote, she said. “They say that anytime you look at a white male in this country, you know they’re a voter. We should be in that kind of category,” Sparck said in a prese...
In a brief “tele-rally” Oct. 21, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump urged Alaskans to vote for U.S. House candidate Nick Begich, saying that control of the closely divided House could come down to a single vote. “Control of the House of Representatives is so important, and Alaska, you could very well be the vote,” he said. Begich is seeking to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, and polling shows the candidates are running close together. Most seats in the 435-person U.S. House tilt strongly Democratic or Republican; Alas...
Monday, Oct. 21 Nothing to report. Tuesday, Oct. 22 Letter served for removing a person from a licensed establishment. Agency assist: Hoonah Police Department. Fraudulent playing cards. Civil standby. Wednesday, Oct. 23 Agency assist: State trooper. Assist: TK’s Mini Mart. Criminal trespass. Traffic stop. Thursday, Oct. 24 Inmate release. Criminal trespass. Welfare check. Welfare check. Trespass. Friday, Oct. 25 Dangerous play. Citizen assist. Traffic stop. Saturday, Oct. 26 Traffic stop: Citation issued for speeding. Citizen assist. Missing p...
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