(JUNEAU, Alaska) – Motor vehicle traffic fatalities are on the rise this year in Alaska, and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) would like to remind travelers to drive with care as the holidays approach. As of Nov. 21, Alaska has had 75 traffic fatalities in 69 fatal crashes in 2016, according […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott today praised U.S. Department of the Interior’s announcement that Secretary Sally Jewell appointed Anthony Christianson of Hydaburg to Chair of the Federal Subsistence Board in Alaska. “As a life-long Alaskan with deep personal knowledge and experience with subsistence needs and policies, Anthony is an excellent […]
Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are forecasting a run of some 4.0 million sockeye salmon to Upper Cook Inlet in 2017, with a commercial harvest of 1.7 million fish. That forecasted harvest is 1.2 million fish less than the 20-year average harvest. For 2016, the red salmon harvest by all user […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) last Wednesday announced the release of its 2017 summer schedule. Reservations are now available for booking at FerryAlaska.com, by calling 1-800-642-0066, or visiting ferry terminal staff throughout the system. The AMHS summer schedule covers ferry travel from May through September. In conjunction with the summer schedule, […]