On Tuesday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in a news release, added Monashka Creek, on the outskirts of Kodiak, to the list of streams currently closed to retention of Chinook (King) Salmon by subsistence fishermen by Emergency Order. The portion of the Monashka/Mill Bay section of the Northeast Kodiak District from Spruce Cape […]
A little known permitting requirement uncovered by a coalition of 10 environmental organizations and revealed by the San Francisco-based EarthJustice, that requires that a “letter of authorization” allowing companies drilling to disturb walruses and other marine mammals, precludes drilling within 15 miles of each other. According to Shell’s drilling plans, the two drill rigs would […]
Troopers say via the trooper dispatch, that after an investigation of a structure fire by a Deputy State Fire Marshal in Nenana, the fire was ultimately deemed arson and a Nenana man was arrested on Sunday morning. At 5:36 pm on Friday, Alaska State Troopers responded to a structure fire near mile 315 of the Parks […]
Fairbanks-based troopers responded to a disturbance call reporting an altercation in a gray GMC Yukon that was parked at a Farmer’s Loop Road residence. When troopers responded, they found that the female involved in the incident had already fled the scene. Their investigation at the scene revealed that an unnamed 26-year-old Fairbanks woman had gotten into […]