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The fishing fleet in the Southwest Alaska town of King Cove would have been harvesting Pacific cod this winter. But they couldn’t: Skippers had nowhere to sell their catch. The enormous plant that usually buys and processes their fish never opened for the winter season. The company that runs the plant, Peter Pan Seafoods, is […] The post Alaska fishermen and processing plants are in limbo as a state-backed seafood company teeters appeared first on Alaska Beacon.

In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. On March 15, 2024, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 24-30, seeking comment on its proposal to adopt a new Emergency Alert System (EAS) event code for Missing and Endangered Persons (MEP).

It's hard to believe this beautiful location has the highest rate of premature deaths in Washington state, but that's what the data says!

Alaska coastal communities will be subject to a test of the state tsunami warning system Wednesday morning.

If a government funding measure passes, the GSA will get $9 million for a new storage facility for the National Archives in the Seattle area.