On Monday, the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew that spent the summer months forward-deployed to Cordova, is due to be released from there and depart back to Kodiak.
Just a year ago prices for Bristol Bay drift gillnet permits were way down, with sales in the $113,000 to $115,000 range, and in the spring of 2013, two of those permits sold for $92,000 and $93,000 respectively at Dock Street Brokers in Seattle.
Alaska State Troopers are seeking information on a hit and run accident that occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at Holt Lamplight Road and Anderson Road in Nikiski.
During the early morning hours of Sunday, at 12:05 am, Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on an ATV near Pittman Road.