CHITINA – By late afternoon Wednesday, the winds funneling out of Wood Canyon to the south of the Chitina-McCarthy bridge were driving a Sahara-Desert-style sandstorm across the exposed sandbars off the low […]
The killing season
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Commentary So when it comes to media perception in the U.S. today, which sin is worse: Fake news, slanted news, unreported news or badly inaccurate news never corrected? The latter […]
Oil spill spared fish
Almost 30 years after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef and smeared Prince William Sound with more than 11 million gallons of Alaska crude oil, a team of state and […]
To live and die in AK
The last mule deer in Fairbanks is dead, a sad victim of civilization. To some he was an immigrant pioneering a new land. To others, he was an invasive species. “He’d been […]
So many kings
With the commercial catch of king salmon off the mouth of the Copper River steadily growing, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has gone all in on the idea that a […]
Good bad news?
The Copper River commercial salmon fishery ended Tuesday almost 2,000 Chinook over the 5,000-salmon threshold the Alaska Department of Fish and Game set as the acceptable harvest for 2017, and the fishing […]
Big fish day
More than a decade ago, a couple of Alaskans – one from Anchorage, the other from Seward – decided they wanted to do something for Alaska servicemen stationed in the cold, dark […]
Prized fish kill
Update: This story has been updated with video to illustrate Thursday fishing conditions. The Copper River commercial fishery has claimed the life of a 69-year-old commercial fishermen from Cordova. The body of […]
Near deadly attack
An Eagle River woman remains in the intensive care unit of an Anchorage hospital days after being attacked by a moose. Her brother, Greg Beck also of Eagle River, said Thursday that […]
Yes or no, fish or go
News analysis Fisheries biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are today wrestling with a major dilemma. Months ago, long-time Cordova biologist Steve Moffitt forecast a frighteningly low […]
