Alaska goes 1 year with no commercial fishing deaths

Plus: After canceling sale earlier this year, Biden administration to hold Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale in December Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, November 29. In today's newsletter: - For just the second time ever, Alaska went a year with zero operational fatalities in its commercial fishing industry. - As Congress races toward the Dec. 16 deadline to fund the government, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is pushing to secure nearly half a billion dollars for state projects. - The Biden administration said that it will hold an oil and gas lease sale, scaled back from an earlier proposal, in Cook Inlet by the end of the year. It may be hard to imagine now, but before the oil boom and population swell, Anchorage was once a relatively unimportant town — a stopover between Seward and Fairbanks. One unique window into Anchorage life in its early days, historian David Reamer explains, is [the 1939 telephone directory](. The little book was indicative of the city at the time: a small Alaska town on the cusp of big changes. ☀️ Anchorage weather It's sunny and cold today in Anchorage, with a high of just 7 degrees. Sunny skies are forecast to last all through the week, with the temperature gradually creeping up into the teens and hitting the low 20s by Saturday. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Alaska commercial fishing industry goes 1 year without a fatality ]( [Alaska commercial fishing industry goes 1 year without a fatality]( This is only the second time Alaska recorded a year without a death in the commercial fishing sector. However, the fatality rate in the industry has been on a steep downward trend for the last few decades. [Read More]( [Sen. Murkowski pushes for a half-billion dollars in earmarks for Alaska]( [Sen. Murkowski pushes for a half-billion dollars in earmarks for Alaska]( Murkowski is one of a handful of Senate Republicans who embraces congressionally directed spending — commonly referred to as earmarks. She's advocating for $491 million for Alaska projects for FY23, over double her $230 million request for the year before. [Read More]( [After canceling sale earlier this year, Biden administration to hold Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale in December]( [After canceling sale earlier this year, Biden administration to hold Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale in December]( The Inflation Reduction Act that passed in August required that a 2022 Cook Inlet lease sale be put back on the table. The new lease sale will remove 17 blocks from the original proposal, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said. Another 193 blocks will still be offered. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT [Anchorage man charged in mobile home park shooting was involved in SWAT standoff days later]( [Anchorage man charged in mobile home park shooting was involved in SWAT standoff days later]( The man accused of killing a 23-year-old Anchorage man in a mobile home park earlier this month was charged with murder Friday — and was involved in a lengthy SWAT standoff with police several days after the shooting occurred. [Read More]( [US Senate set to vote on landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage]( [US Senate set to vote on landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage]( The Senate is set to vote today on bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages. Alaska Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan were among Republicans who voted earlier to advance the proposal toward a final vote. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Residents of Hawaii’s Big Island told to prepare for worst-case scenario as Mauna Loa erupts]( [Residents of Hawaii’s Big Island told to prepare for worst-case scenario as Mauna Loa erupts]( [Read More]( [1 dead, 2 rescued after boat capsizes near Sitka]( [1 dead, 2 rescued after boat capsizes near Sitka]( [Read More]( [US advances to World Cup knockout stage with 1-0 win over Iran]( [US advances to World Cup knockout stage with 1-0 win over Iran]( [Read More]( [Three weeks after election, Arizona remains in turmoil over results]( [Three weeks after election, Arizona remains in turmoil over results]( [Read More]( [Alaska sports week in review: UAA women’s basketball remains undefeated, Chugiak hockey takes top spot in CIC]( [Alaska sports week in review: UAA women’s basketball remains undefeated, Chugiak hockey takes top spot in CIC]( [Read More]( [Roundabouts are (slowly!) eating American suburbs]( [Roundabouts are (slowly!) eating American suburbs]( [Read More]( [Get digital access to the ADN for as low as $1.99 for the first month]( and help us cover the news that matters most here in Alaska. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News 300 W 31st Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99503