The 2019 Bristol Bay red king crab fishery has wrapped up with quota of 3,797,000 pounds. Numbers show an average catch per unit effort (CPUE) of 15.6 crab in a pot. The 7.14 pounds average weight per crab is the highest dating back to 1973. That high average weight is a concern, according to Ethan […]
A homicide suspect was taken into custody on Thursday night following a shooting that occurred earlier in the day on McCarrey Street, APD announced. At 3:14 pm on Thanksgiving, officers responded to the 200-block of McCarrey Street after being advised of a shooting that took place there. When they arrived, they located a female victim […]
Forty years later, another plastic canary has come home to roost. In August, University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Ben Jones was hiking near Drew Point on the northern coast of Alaska. He noticed pilot Jim Webster walking toward him, while flicking a little yellow Frisbee his way. That yellow plastic disc, about 7 inches round, […]
Predatory Behavior Continued Even After the Anchorage Police Department Served a Search Warrant Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Wednesday that Robert Walls, 28, was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2019, to 15-years in federal prison followed by a life term of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason for coercion and […]