With the beginning of the New Year comes a required change in foot-ware for freshwater anglers. Effective on January 1st, 2012, new regulations for freshwater anglers come into effect. As of that date, the use of felt-bottom waders are prohibited from use in freshwater streams throughout the state of Alaska.
KOTZEBUE, Alaska-Yesterday afternoon about 3:30 pm, Alaska State troopers from the Kotzebue post, along with an Alaska Wildlife trooper and an investigator from the Western Alaska Alcohol/Narcotics Team arrested 40 year old James Darin Monroe of Kotzebue on a Sexual Abuse of a Minor warrant issued out of Kotzebue by the police department there.
KIVALINA, Alaska-Tuesday's election in the small Inupiaq community of Kivalina, resulted in an overwhelming "Yes" vote on the relocation of the aging school in the small northwestern community. The vote was 117-11 in favor of building a new school 7 miles to the northeast of the barrier island village in an area called Kisimagiuqtuq.
BERING SEA-The Russian oil tanker, "Renda," hit a glitch last night as it began its historic trek to the northern city of Nome to deliver its cargo of 1 million gallons of diesel and 400,000 gallons of gasoline.