The firings dealt a blow to an agency that provides everything from weather forecasts to fisheries management to cutting-edge climate science in Alaska.

Avalanches kill about two dozen people annually in the U.S. Predicting their likelihood, potential severity and location depends heavily on information provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

More federal workers were fired in Alaska yesterday, including at least four people from NOAA’s regional office in Juneau.

The website lists nine leases in Alaska that have been canceled as of Sunday, including a NOAA facility in Seward, a Rural House Service operation in Palmer and a U.S. Geological

Former agency employees and leaders believe the mass NOAA layoffs could endanger critical work surrounding weather forecasting, shipping operations, and more.

An anticipated mass firing of workers started Thursday at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which could cut more than 10% of the agency’s employees, according to local and national officials.

NOAA staff members, like thousands of others, were caught up in the mass terminations underway in the federal government.

Maintaining data collection in regions like Alaska and the Arctic is critical ... WindBorne’s technology offers a cost-effective solution: traditional NOAA weather balloons cost $500 per data profile and stay airborne for only two hours, whereas ...

The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.

Nationally, more than 800 people across NOAA, an organization of 13,000 staff members, were fired, the New York Times reported Thursday. In Alaska, it was not immediately clear how many had lost ...