A record number of people died in 2023 from the Valley’s increasingly scorching heat, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. The public health agency confirmed a total of 645 heat-related deaths in 2023 — a 52% increase over the 425 people that died from the heat in 2022…
King Cove braces for salmon season with no seafood processor amid historic price slump
The plant, formerly owned by Peter Pan Seafood Company, is the economic engine for the Alaska Peninsula community.