It was announced on Thursday by the Alaska State Trooper dispatch that an arrest was made in the death of Trefim Wassillie, who perished in Lake Iliamna and was found by his mother face-down in the lake on September 16th, 2012.
In what is being called a small win for the subsistence fishermen in Bethel court on charges of fishing during the closed subsistence season last year on the Kuskokwim, the judge in the case, District Court Judge Bruce Ward agreed that religion is involved with the subsistence fishing of King Salmon.
There are still no results in the search for two travelers on a black Polaris IQ snowmachine traveling from Kotzebue to Selawik.
Pavlov Volcano, which has been erupting all week, continues to do so. As of Sunday, its plume has risen above the 20,000 foot level considered the threshold where it becomes a threat to trans-continental commercial aircraft.