Pot limit and season reduced in the Prince William Sound Noncommercial Shrimp Fishery

Pot limit and season reduced in the Prince William Sound Noncommercial Shrimp Fishery

  (Anchorage) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is reducing the allowable number of pots per person and per vessel and the length of the season in the 2026 Prince William Sound (PWS) noncommercial (sport and subsistence) shrimp pot fishery. The 2026 shrimp season per person and per vessel pot limit has been […]

Kodiak man sentenced to 20 years for role in 2022 fatal fentanyl overdose

Kodiak man sentenced to 20 years for role in 2022 fatal fentanyl overdose

  The defendant is one of over 60 charged in large-scale drug trafficking ring targeting Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kodiak man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute deadly drugs that resulted in a fatal overdose in August 2022. While on pretrial release for state […]

Anchorage man sentenced to 14 years for drug trafficking, firearms crimes

Anchorage man sentenced to 14 years for drug trafficking, firearms crimes

  One charge related to October 2023 shooting of an Anchorage police officer. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced last week to 14 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl and for possessing a firearm as a felon. According to court documents, prior to the charged conduct, Christopher Nickalaskey, 34, had one […]