(Statewide) — Alaska’s subsistence waterfowl hunting seasons opened on April 2 and with spring migration under way hunters are reminded to practice routine hygiene when handling, cleaning and cooking the ducks, geese and other migratory birds they harvest. Two strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or “bird flu,” were found in wild birds late […]
April 7, 2015 JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott today joined Alaskans in mourning the loss of iconic Alaskan artist Rie Muñoz, who passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Born in Van Nuys, California, Muñoz spent over 60 years in Alaska, where she became well- known for her bright […]
The United States has a population of wild wood bison for the first time in more than 100 years. On Friday, April 3, 100 wood bison which had been kept in temporary pens near Shageluk, Alaska, for just over a week were lead by Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologist Tom Seaton across the […]
Former Wrangell physician, Greg Salard, who is facing two federal felony charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, was served with an arrest warrant as a fugitive from Justice last week. The outstanding arrest warrant was for the charge of Aggravated Rape in the state of Louisiana. Salard was served the warrant at the Lemon […]