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Gara Calls for Alaska First Fish Policy
Alaska’s Fish Should Be Treated As Our Other Permanent Fund Anchorage — This week, Alaska fisheries managers announced grim fish runs and severely limited fishing opportunities on the Yukon and Kuskokwim river drainages. Alaska Gubernatorial Candidate Les Gara is calling on Alaska to take action and adopt a fish-first policy. Gara states: “Last year outside-owned factory trawlers dumped over 1,000 […]
Governor Dunleavy Signs Rampart School Bill
(Rampart, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Monday signed into law a bill allowing the Rampart School to become part of the Yukon Koyukuk School District (YKSD). The bill, SB 198, was introduced by Governor Dunleavy in February and allows for maximum local participation with the YKSD School Board. “This is a simple fix that […]
Alaska’s Big River Breaks up at Eagle
EAGLE, ALASKA — While most of the town was sleeping, the ice slipped out. Breakup happened on the Yukon River here at its first settlement in the United States at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022. That’s when meltwater rushing from side creeks into the colossal groove of the Yukon lifted a winter-hardened […]