The Trans-Alaska Pipeline crosses underneath the Dalton Highway, carrying crude oil from the North Slope to a port in Valdez. Lance King/Getty Images

Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage

Alaska produces a lot of crude oil, but many of the state’s utilities, businesses and homes run on natural gas, which is in dwindling supply near population centers.
Fishing boat captains jockey for position near the mouth of the Naknek River, which flows into Bristol Bay. Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Historic Bristol Bay, Alaska salmon fishery dealing with latest challenge: COVID‑19

The harvesters of the historic wild salmon run out of Bristol Bay, Alaska, were already facing tough competition from relatively cheap and plentiful farmed salmon. Then came the pandemic.

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