Southeast Alaskans Respond to Report Posted & Edited By MARY KAUFFMAN - According to British Columbia and Alaska s Bilateral Working Group, the four-year effort between B.C. and Alaska to examine water quality in the Stikine, Taku, and Unuk transboundary watersheds brought together government agencies, Indigenous Nations, industry, and the public to ensure the environmental, cultural, and economic values of these rivers are protected. This program has been an extraordinary partnership of many dedicated and knowledgeable people, and is a great example of what can be achieved when we work together, said George Heyman, B.C. s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. Water and wildlife don t recognize borders, and so it s up to all of us to protect our critical and priceless watersheds regardless of jurisdiction.
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Fish Factor:Alaskans Prepare for Poor to Average Salmon Runs By LAINE WELCH - Alaskans are preparing for another salmon season of poor to average runs to most regions.
The big exception once again is at Bristol Bay where another massive return of more than 51 million sockeyes is expected. Managers predict that surge will produce a harvest of over 36 million reds to fishermen.
Bristol Bay is home to the largest wild sockeye salmon run in the world and typically accounts for 42% of the world’s sockeye harvest. Those fish and all wild salmon compete in a tough worldwide commodities market, where Alaska salmon claims 13% of the global supply.
Drency and Lillian Dudley, December 04, 1953
Photo courtesy JUDY ZENGE
If you ask most people why the field is named after Drency Dudley, they will say it is because Dudley, a local civic leader from the 1940s to the 1960s, owned the land that became Dudley Field, which is the sports area adjacent to Ketchikan High School.
Not surprisingly, that common belief is not true.
While Dudley was a leader in promoting local youth sports and led the Lions Club to build the field on Jackson Street between Fifth and Seventh avenues in the mid-1950s, the land actually belonged to several private property owners, local government and the Ketchikan Pulp Company.
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Ketchikan: First COVID-19 Vaccines Being Administered in Ketchikan - PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center began administering doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to frontline employees and medical staff Tuesday. Family medicine physician Charlie Jose, MD, and emergency room nurse Amanda Schlecht, RN, were the first two to receive the vaccine. Dr. Jose and Amanda Schlecht have been on the frontlines of patient care throughout the pandemic. Both were eager to receive the vaccine and look forward to the greater community getting immunized when supplies increase.
PeaceHealth will continue to vaccinate frontline staff over the coming weeks and will continue to work with the Emergency Operations Center and local public health to support community distribution of vaccine once it becomes broadly available.
The Austin Paramount Theatre is now providing a private movie night option for families.
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The Austin Paramount Theatre is now providing a new option for family movie nights by allowing private movie nights. (Contributed photo)
AUSTIN As families face a holiday without some traditions open to them, Austin Area Arts has a new option: Family Movie Night at the Historic Paramount Theatre.
Available dates and times are posted on the Austin Area Arts website at austinareaarts.org. Families can book a private Family Movie Night for up to two households, maximum of 10 people, and masks are required. Families can bring their own DVD or BluRay to play on the Paramount big screen. They can also choose any movie available through streaming, although an additional charge may apply for first-run movies, if the title is available.