Scientists teamed up to investigate how to best keep herring from spawning on kelp grown by ocean farmers in Alaska. Each spring, Alaska kelp farmers have the potential to run afoul of commercial herring fisheries when wild herring spawn in kelp farms. A new study helps evaluate different deterrents to prevent herring from spawning on their farms. This […]
The Arctic landscape during the Cretaceous Period may have been dominated by the dinosaurs, but the rivers and streams held something more familiar. Alaska’s fresh waters 73 million years ago were teeming with the ancient relatives of today’s salmon, pike and other northern fish. A new paper published this week in the journal Papers in […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office discusses priority to prosecute Social Security fraud in Alaska. FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Ellis Kingsep, aka “Ellis King,” 77, a Canadian National lawfully residing in the U.S., was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison and is ordered to pay full restitution for stealing over $420,000 in Social Security […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Monday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced 62-year-old Robert Bridges to 75 years to serve for the 2021 murder of his wife, Kimberly Bridges. Bridges reported his wife was last seen Oct. 24, 2021, leaving their residence with a couple in a green Subaru. He provided an account of his days […]