White nose syndrome has killed seven million bats on the East Coast. Experts fear it’s only a matter of time before it reaches Alaska. But what that could mean for Southeast bats is unclear because so little is known about the population.
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Some 137 permit holders participated in the fishery and used 47 herring pound structures, with a number of permit holders sharing those structures.
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The school board will be meeting at the high school library which will be their meeting place for the foreseeable future since the municipal building will soon be under construction.
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As the regular Legislative session nears its scheduled end date, lawmakers are expecting to continue work on budget solutions past the 90-day mark approved by voters. Legislators still have to reconcile competing versions of the state budget and have yet to approve new taxes, changes to the Alaska Permanent Fund or other fiscal proposals. Petersburg’s representative in the state House, Sitka Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins says those decisions have to be made this year but he thinks that work is going to take awhile.
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A plane crashed on Admiralty Island on Friday morning southeast of Angoon after departing from Wrangell. Three people died and one was injured.
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