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USGS to continue baseline water quality monitoring for Southeast Alaska’s transboundary rivers
Saturday PM (SitNews) Juneau, Alaska - Led by the Alaska Congressional Delegation, the U.S. Congress has approved more than $3.62 million dollars for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to continue baseline water quality monitoring at the international border for Southeast Alaska’s transboundary rivers, and to shore up U.S. Department of State involvement on the issue of British Columbia (B.C.) mining, and mining contamination, near rivers that flow into the United States. The funding was included as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and approved by Congress on December 21, 2020. ....
December 24, 2020 Megan Whitermore celebrates graduation from the back of a truck on Main Street during Tuesday s parade. The ceremony was altered due to COVID-19 restrictions. As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: I don t want to relive this year, nor should anyone else. But tradition dictates an annual recap, which if left unwritten, would end my positive relationship with CVN bookkeeper Jane Pascoe. Plus, the newspaper is a weekly black hole of white space that must be filled. So here it goes: A January 2020 blizzard that brought 50 inches of snow in two days prompted then-borough manager Debra Schnabel to declare a public safety emergency. She told the CVN she hoped the public would hunker down while public works crews cleared roads. The term would soon reappear in a different context two months after the severe weather event that, in hindsight, seems miniscule. ....
First responders, healthcare workers, elders receive first COVID-19 vaccines in Haines
Ceri Godinez Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) vice president of clinics Eric Gettis debarks Allen Marine boat, Melinda Leigh, with roughly 100 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. SEARHC chartered the vessel to get the first doses of the vaccine to Haines on Dec. 18 after winter weather prevented them from being flown in the previous day. In the past week, more than 100 Chilkat Valley residents received the first of two shots required for Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine. On Friday, Dec. 18 at 10 a.m., roughly 100 doses of the vaccine arrived on an Allen Marine boat chartered by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) after weather prevented the vaccine from being flown in the previous day. ....
Alaska fishing village continues recovery after landslide leaves two missing, homes destroyed theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.