
Yereth Rosen
Alaska journalist. Hockey and rowing mom. Alaska Beacon reporter. Covering environment, climate, science, fisheries, health, etc. @[email protected]
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2 days ago |
newsminer.com | Yereth Rosen
Alaska’s rates for childhood vaccinations are well below the national average, and the percentage of kindergarteners who had received all recommended vaccines was the lowest last year since at least 2017, according to a new report from the state Department of Health. Only 54% of kindergarteners in the state had received all of their recommended vaccinations in 2024, according to a bulletin issued by the department’s epidemiology section.
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4 days ago |
washingtonstatestandard.com | Yereth Rosen
by Yereth Rosen, Washington State Standard June 2, 2025 A Kodiak fisher has been sentenced to spend a year in jail for illegally shipping thousands of pounds of tanner crab, much of it infected with a parasitic disease, out of Alaska to Washington state, federal officials said.
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5 days ago |
newsminer.com | Yereth Rosen
To help pull the struggling Alaska seafood industry out of its tailspin, state lawmakers passed some bills aimed at lightening the financial load on harvesters and advanced others that are intended to help businesses and fishery-dependent municipalities. The bills stemmed from recommendations made by the Joint Legislative Task Force Evaluating Alaska’s Seafood Industry, which was created by lawmakers last year and which completed its work with a report at the start of this year’s session.
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6 days ago |
newsfromthestates.com | Yereth Rosen
A Kodiak fisher has been sentenced to spend a year in jail for illegally shipping thousands of pounds of tanner crab, much of it infected with a parasitic disease, out of Alaska to Washington state, federal officials said. The fisherman, Corey Potter, was also sentenced to two years’ supervised release following his jail term, during which he will be barred from commercial fishing anywhere in the world, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | Yereth Rosen
A tanner crab is seen in this undated photo. (Photo provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service)A tanner crab is seen in this undated photo. A Kodiak man has been sentenced to jail for illegally transporting Alaska crab out of state.
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