This Day in Alaska History-August 5th, 1991
Susitna River Coho Salmon Limits Reduced and Bait Prohibited
(Palmer) – Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is reducing the bag limit for coho salmon from two to one fish and prohibiting the use of bait in the Susitna River drainage. The following provisions will be effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, August 6, 2026, through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2026: In all units of […]
‘Recipe for Catastrophe’: Trump Moves to Weaken Arctic Drilling Safeguards
“We should be banning drilling in the Arctic Ocean, not making it easier for industry to exploit and pollute.” The Trump administration on Monday proposed weakening Obama-era safeguards for fossil fuel drilling in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, a move condemned by environmental groups as another industry handout that would make disastrous oil spills more likely. The US Interior Department characterized the proposed […]
Rhadames Marmolejos Guilty in 2019 Slaying of Oscar Garcia
(Anchorage, AK) – On July 22, an Anchorage jury found defendant Rhadames Marmolejos guilty of Murder in the Second Degree and Robbery in the First Degree for shooting and killing Oscar Garcia. Marmolejos was acquitted on charges of Murder in the First Degree and Kidnapping. Mr. Garcia’s body was found abandoned in the front passenger […]