(Juneau) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces publication of the annual statewide salmon run forecast and commercial harvest projection report: Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections for 2023 Alaska Salmon Fisheries and Review of the 2022 Season. The Alaska all-species salmon harvest for 2022 totaled over 163.2 million fish. Almost half of this harvest […]
(Bethel, AK) –Tuesday Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced 57-year-old Jeffrey Jackson of Searcy, Arkansas, to a composite sentence of 30 years with 15 years suspended and 15 years to serve for the crimes of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and sexual assault in the first degree. This sentencing was a […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Monday, a U.S. District Court Judge denied initial attempts by environmental groups to halt the Willow Project concluding that the balance of the equities and the public interest tip sharply against preliminary injunctive relief for the plaintiffs. Construction activities, including gravel work, are expected to begin on Willow tomorrow. “This Court order validates […]
(Kotzebue, AK) – On March 28, 2023, 22-year-old Jalen Minock, of Russian Mission, was convicted by a jury in Bethel Superior Court of one count of attempted murder in the first degree, one count of robbery in the first degree, one count of misconduct involving weapons in the second degree, and 11 counts of assault in […]