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  • NOAA firings hit crucial Alaska weather service, fishery research

    Michelle Theriault Boots and Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News|Mar 6, 2025

    Alaskans were among the hundreds of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees who began receiving firing notices this week, a blow to an agency that provides everything from weather forecasts to fisheries management to cutting-edge climate science in Alaska. The cuts — part of a broader effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to drastically slash the federal workforce — came after other agencies, including the National Park Service, had abruptly fired probationary workers in recent weeks. Nationally, more than 800...

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