In a packed university conference room, biologist Randy Brown spoke of chinook, the fatty king of far-north salmon. “It’s more than just a fish, it’s a culture,” Brown said to the Fairbanks crowd, many of them Alaska Natives. Brown is the lead author on a paper in which he documented all the known Yukon River […]
A Bethel man’s remains were recovered after an incident involving six family members that went through the ice near the confluence of the Kuskokwim and Gweek Rivers between Bethel and Akiachak on Sunday night. Troopers received a report of the emergency on the river from the Bethel Police Department at 9:57 pm on Sunday night. […]
A burglary report came in to troopers on Saturday morning reporting a burglary/vehicle theft at a remote residence on the Kashwitna River, troopers are seeking assistance from the public regarding the incident. Troopers say that the burglar or burglars broke into, and vandalized the home outside of Willow and caused “a significant amount of property […]
The State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage, has confirmed, after autopsy, that the remains located on the North Shore at the mouth of the Kenai River, are those of missing boater, 63-year-old Phillip Keltner. It was on August 4th of this year, that four boaters were thrown from an out-of-control bat near Centennial on the […]