Over the past 20 years, the South Olga Lakes on Kodiak Island has produced nearly half a million sockeye salmon per year on average. This fishery is historically one of the region’s most productive sockeye systems. But recently, its salmon wealth has plummeted, prompting calls for something to be done. Managers are considering fertilizing the […]
The last time Washington State officials put Kinder Morgan through a cross-border training exercise for a pipeline spill, the company earned high marks for its response. The biggest concern that emerged was the lack of preparation by officials on the Canadian side of the Puget Sound pipeline.
A 54-year-old Indonesian woman from the village of Persiapan Lawela on the island of Muna is the second person to have been consumed by a Reticulated Python in that country this year after she went missing on Thursday. 54-year-old Wa Tiba went out to tend to her garden at the base of a rocky cliff near […]
The Anchorage Police Department reports that they responded to an incident that evolved into a stand-off in Eagle River late Saturday night on the 11900-block of Regency Drive. Anchorage officers responded to the residence at 8:57 pm after receiving a report of a man with a gun at that location. According to the report, the […]