Commercial wild salmon harvesters in Alaska are picking up speed, with the catch in Bristol Bay alone jumping from about 10 million fish a week ago to nearly 25 million, while the preliminary numbers statewide rose from 26 million to nearly 50 million. As of July 9, initial harvest figures compiled by the Alaska […]
Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath 20 feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of the great feats of wilderness surveying. The boundary between Alaska and Canada is 1,538 miles long. The line is obvious in some places, such as the Yukon River valley, where crews have cut a straight line […]
JUNEAU – This week, the clock ran out on the Alaska Legislature’s constitutional opportunity to reject Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s $444 million in budget vetoes through an override vote supported by three-quarters of lawmakers. This is not the end, and the fight to restore funding for essential services continues with a great sense of urgency. […]
Alaska State Troopers have released the identity of the pilot and lone occupant of a crashed PA-24 Comanche that was located on Thursday. At 3:07 pm, Ketchikan Flight Service called AST to report an overdue aircraft. He had been expected to land in Ketchikan at approximately 2:15 pm but when he still did not […]