JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard medevaced a 28-year-old man from the fishing vessel Phoenix approximately 160 nautical miles northwest of Cold Bay, Sunday. Watchstanders at the 17th Coast Guard District command center received a report at 11:24 p.m. Saturday from the Phoenix crew that a crewmember was suffering severe abdominal pain. A Coast Guard […]
An Aniak man has been jailed and charged with Murder I and other charges following an initial on-scene investigation by the Bethel Major Crimes Unit on Tuesday. Alaska State Troopers were notified at 8:24 am that Aniak resident Mary White, age 45, was discovered deceased in her home. A Wildlife Trooper in the community responded […]
HOMER—On June 30, the proposed Pebble Mine’s supply camp at headwaters of Bristol Bay burned to the ground in a wildfire, leaving a charred mess of melted metal on state land. Meanwhile, July 11, Bristol Bay’s fishing fleet broke its harvest record, reaching 46,564,310 sockeye salmon harvested. The total Bristol Bay sockeye salmon run record […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard inspectors returned to Anchorage Friday after a two-week deployment to Bristol Bay, conducting missions in support of the region’s commercial fishing season which opened June 22, 2022. Inspectors conducted a total of 351 dockside examinations and issued 276 safety decals for commercial fishing vessels in communities throughout the Bristol Bay […]