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That report in the Chilkat Valley News says the 21-year-old intern was fired as a result. Interim borough manager Alekka Fullerton told the newspaper that the student drove from Anchorage to Haines after being tested in Anchorage. He didn’t wait for his test result, according to Fullerton, and found out he tested positive after arriving in Haines on Friday, Jan. 8. Despite promises to isolate in Haines, he boarded the flight to Juneau on Sunday, January 10. He was scheduled to intern for Anchorage Representative Andy Josephson. The newspaper says the intern declined to comment. Josephson told the paper that the man who was not identified won t be interning for him. “He’s not going to be interning for me,” Josephson said. ....
The first ship built for what would become Alaska s state ferry system sank Jan. 13 in a windstorm and dock collapse in Anacortes, Washington, where ....
Posted by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Jan 14, 2021 The Chilkat was built in 1957 by the J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Company in Tacoma, Washington for about $300,000. The ship was 99 feet in overall length with a 34 foot beam. She could carry 15 vehicles and 59 passengers. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Marine Highway System) The first state ferry the Chilkat broke free of its moorings on Wednesday (1-13-21) and sank during a windstorm in Anacortes, Washington. Although long retired from passenger service, some still remember the ship as the first “Blue Canoe.” An amateur video caught the sights and sounds of the Chilkat’s final moments being battered in high winds. At some point the 64-year-old ferry had broken free from her moorings. She rolled over on her starboard side. In less than a minute she founders; her keel to the sky. ....
[FREE eBOOKs] Have You Downloaded Marine Insight s 12 FREE Maritime eBooks? Click Here To Download Now You are here: Home › Shipping News › First Alaskan Passenger Ship ‘Blue Canoe’ Sinks In Windstorm First Alaskan Passenger Ship ‘Blue Canoe’ Sinks In Windstorm January 15, 2021 TwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestBuffer The iconic Chilkat, Alaska’s state ferry which had long retired from passenger service is now lost forever. Popularly remembered as the first “Blue Canoe” sank in a Windstorm that engulfed the Anacortes of Washington. The out of service ship didn’t have any fuel or pollutants onboard so there was no danger of environmental consequences. Everyone just feels that an inevitable part of history is lost and are planning to raise the vessel ....
U.S. Congress 2019-2020: Bills Introduced (Over 5,000 in the House and over 3,000 in the Senate) Ketchikan 2020 Year in Review:COVID cancels entire cruise ship season; International pandemic affects all residents, even those that remained healthy By DAVE KIFFER - Like the rest of the world, the biggest news story in Ketchikan was the quarantine caused by the Corona Virus or COVID 19. Most of Ketchikan was shut down from mid-March through the end of April harkening back to the month- long closure of the Ketchikan economy and social world for a month during the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918. By the end of the year, the COVID 19 virus had infected more than 250 residents and local visitors. One Saxman resident, Julie Wasulli, 56, was medivaced to Bellingham in November and died on December 11. ....