On Saturday afternoon, troopers received notification from Koliganek’s VPSO that a swamped boat was located on the Nushagak River near Lewis Point. When discovered, the boat was empty and had no registration numbers to identify it. Searchers responded to the area to search for a possible boater but would not find anyone. Two days later, […]
Almost three weeks after he disappeared into the Nushagak River, the remains of Joseph Gust were retrieved after his body was found floating several miles downstream from where he was last seen. J. Gust’s remains were found on Saturday. Dillingham and wildlife troopers responded to the scene and made the recovery. His body was sent […]
On Tuesday morning Alaska State Troopers received a call reporting an unoccupied skiff going in circles in the Nushagak River downstream from Ekwok at 10:25 am. An investigation was opened that revealed that Michael Gust, age 42 and Joseph Gust, age 33 both of New Stuyahok, had gone out on the river to sport fish […]
Community leaders in the Nushagak area of the Bristol Bay wild salmon fishery say they want restrictions in place before the harvesting begins to keep residents safe from the novel coronavirus, which has reached pandemic strength. A unified message from regional organizations based in Dillingham, Alaska, calls for all individuals arriving for the fishery […]