NOAA Fisheries is providing notice of the immediate effect of regulations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). The commercial IFQ halibut season opens Saturday, March 19, 2016. At its annual meeting in January, the IPHC recommended to the governments of Canada and the United States catch limits for 2016 totaling 29.89 million pounds, a […]
Once again, musher, Dallas Seavey, wearing bib number 16, with his team of six, crossed the finish line in Nome to claim first place in Alaska’s favorite dog-sled event , the Iditarod. The 29-year-old musher not only finished first , but smashed the record for fastest finish in eight days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 16 […]
Alaska State Troopers reported this weekend that the search for 23-year-old Wasilla suspect, Jordan King ended, when he had his alleged hostage, went to the Wasilla Mat-Su West Trooper Post Saturday night. The search for King and 40-year-old Wasilla woman, Shawna Robb, began after troopers responded to the Fairview Loop area in connection with a […]
A two-mile section of the Seward Highway was the scene of three roll-overs in a span of less than an hour on Saturday, troopers report. Beginning at 9:01 am on Saturday Alaska State troopers would respond to three roll-over accidents caused by black ice on Saturday morning between mile 73 and mile 75. The first […]