Alaska’s fisheries biologists are anticipating a total commercial salmon catch of 161 million fish in 2016, down from 268 million salmon a year ago, with a projected pink salmon harvest of 100 million fewer humpies than last year’s catch of 190.5 million. The forecast for a smaller humpy harvest, although significant, is not unusual, nor […]
On Wednesday, at 10:05 am, Alaska State Troopers contacted a Willow man concerning an outstanding request warrant and he was placed under arrest without incident, the trooper dispatch reported. Troopers arrested Willow resident 50 year-old Scot Leitner on charges of Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Porn, according to troopers. According to online court records, […]
ANCHORAGE, AK—Corporate interest groups filed appeals Monday seeking to overturn a DNR decision that reserved water for wild salmon in a stream in Upper Cook Inlet. The appeals came in response to an October 7 decision by DNR to grant a water reservation on Middle Creek – a tributary to the Chuitna River – to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Within days of Senator Lisa Murkowski urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to use existing federal funds to buy surplus Alaska canned sockeye salmon for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the cabinet official today agreed, announcing plans to buy up to $30 million worth. “Food banks nationwide are reporting higher numbers […]