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- STERLING HWY UPDATE: Hwy closed for limited time due to fire behavior. Be alert for emergency vehicles, flaggers Aug 20, 2019The Swan Lake Fire is backing north of Skilak Road towards the Sterling Highway. Both lanes of traffic are currently stopped due to the fire behavior at MP72. Firefighters expect smoke from the fire to affect the travel on the Sterling Highway for a limited time. Alaska State Troopers will sweep vehicle traffic along […]
- STERLING HWY UPDATE: Hwy scheduled to open at noon to 2-way traffic. Smoky conditions, be alert, headlights on Aug 19, 2019The Sterling Highway reopened at 12:00 pm today (8/19/2019). Traffic will be allowed to pass in both directions; however, due to the ongoing fire activity, no stopping along the highway will be allowed. Conditions along the highway may continue to be smoky. Motorist are urged to drive slowly and with their lights on. Alaska […]
- Devil’s Club-Alutiiq Museum-August 18th Aug 19, 2019CUKILANARPAK – DEVIL’S CLUB CUKILANARPAT TAK’UT. – THE DEVIL’S CLUB ARE TALL. Hikers in Alaska’s coastal forests are familiar with devil’s club, known by its appropriate Latin name Echinopanax horridum. This spiny member of the ginseng family can grow up to ten feet tall and flourishes in wet ravines under the spruce canopy. It has broad […]
- Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Fishing Vessel near Uganik Bay Aug 19, 2019KODIAK, Anchorage— The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 56-year-old man from a fishing vessel near Uganik Bay, Alaska, Saturday. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Kodiak hoisted the crewman from fishing vessel Caiti Jo and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services in Kodiak at 7:00 p.m. Watchstanders at the Sector Anchorage command center received […]
- Coast Guard Picks up ATV Accident Victim from Saltery Cove Trail Aug 19, 2019Late Sunday afternoon Kodiak-based Alaska State Troopers were notified of a single ATV accident along the Saltery Cove Trail and State, along with Wildlife troopers and Kodiak City Medics responded to the remote location south of the city of Kodiak. With the assistance of several people in the area, the crash victim was located, […]
- Fire Crews Continue to Fight McKinley, Deshka Landing, Swan Lake, and Anchor Point Wildfires Aug 19, 2019Fire crews around the state continue to fight wildfires from the interior to the Kenai Peninsula. McKinley Fire The McKinley Fire near mile 88 of the Parks Highway increased in intensity and has burned at least 50 structures and emergency responders work diligently to evacuate residents in the area from mile 82 to 91 […]
- Iranian Tanker Sails From Gibraltar Aug 19, 2019GIBRALTAR – An Iranian oil tanker seized in Gibraltar for violating EU sanctions sailed from Gibraltar’s waters Sunday after the British colony’s Supreme Court rejected repeated U.S. requests to turn over the vessel suspected of intending to deliver crude to Syria. Marine traffic monitoring data indicated Monday the tanker — with its named changed from Grace […]
- North Pole Driver Chasing, Confronting Speeder Jailed on Assault Charges Aug 19, 2019A disturbance call went in to Alaska State Troopers went in at approximately 10:40 pm on Sunday night reporting an incident taking place between the occupants of three vehicles in the Mushers Haal in Fairbanks, AST reports. The caller reported that one of the persons in the altercation was armed. Troopers responded to the […]
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- The First Day of School is upon Us. So are Some New Rules Aug 18, 2019Anchorage School District students start the school year on Tuesday, August 20th. Regardless if you’re in the “Thank goodness, FINALLY” camp or on the “Holy crow where did the summer go” side – it’s happening. Here are a few things you need to know about this impending first day of school. Parents, please […]
Another Three Gray Whales are Found Dead, Bringing the Total in Alaska to Ten
A dead gray whale found near Wrangell, Alaska. Taken 6/17/2019. Credit: Ceona Koch NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region has received reports of three additional dead gray whales this week, bringing…
Tracking the Alaskan Red King Crab – Post 2
I flew to Dutch Harbor, AK with three other crab biologists. We met the captain and crew of the fishing vessel Royal American chartered to conduct our crab research. To be…
NOAA Fisheries Responding to Multiple Dead Ice Seals in Bering Sea Region
Photo: A hunter from Kotlik counted 18 dead seals along 11 miles of shore, north of Kotlik. Credit: Harold Okitkun/May 7, 2019. NOAA Fisheries is responding to several reports…
NOAA Confirms Fifth Dead Gray Whale in Alaska
On May 28, 2019, NOAA Fisheries received a report of a dead gray whale in Chignik Bay, a community on the southern side of the Alaska Peninsula. The whale was…
Saildrone Set to Track Alaska Red King Crab
Fishing industry and researchers team up to track red king crab seasonal movements to provide data vital to keeping the Bristol Bay fishery sustainable in a changing climate Alaska…
Young Gray Whale Found Dead at Clam Gulch
Photo: Dead gray whale at Clam Gulch, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Photo: NOAA/May 28, 2019 A family fishing for herring north of the Clam Gulch Recreation Area…
NOAA Reports Second Dead Large Whale in Turnagain Arm
Marine mammal experts with NOAA Fisheries and the Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network are monitoring the position of a dead gray whale in Turnagain Arm near Anchorage, Alaska, hoping for an opportunity to…
Scientific Teams Set Out to Track Unprecedented Changes in the Eastern Bering Sea
Over the past five years, winter atmospheric conditions that influence the Bering Sea have been markedly different from previous years. Strong, warm winds out of the south—sometimes lasting more than…
Alaska NOAA Team Examines Dead Endangered Sperm Whale
It was a rare find: a dead sperm whale washed up on a beach in Alaska’s famed Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska. Sperm whales, which are endangered, usually hang out in deeper, offshore…
