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  • Good men gone
  • Strohmeyer helped to define Alaska too, after coming here to fill the Atwood journalism chair at UAA. He tackled big stories -- the oil industry, Bob Atwood, fishing. He had a powerful passion for Alaska, even while wintering his old bones in Florida ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 3/11/2010 11:38:25 PM
  • Unpack & Stay Awhile
  • Explore the historic downtown district and Victorian neighborhoods. Visit the Alaska State Museum, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, Last Chance Basin Mining Museum & Historical Park or take a tour of the Alaska-Juneau Mine to get a feel for the early ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 3/11/2010 9:15:15 PM
  • A Golden History
  • A first rush of about 40 miners brought trading posts, saloons and missionaries. Within a year, the tent camp became a small town, the first founded after Alaska's purchase from Russia. Across the Gastineau Channel in the community of Douglas, the ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 3/11/2010 9:15:15 PM
  • Bird Watcher's Paradise
  • Southeast Alaska's rain forest is alive with the chirps and trills of more than 300 species of birds that flutter along the flyways of the state's panhandle. More than 280 species nest in Juneau. The best month to observe nesting birds is June, also ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 3/11/2010 9:15:15 PM
  • Welcome to Bear Country
  • Juneau is in the heart of rich bear habitat. Its estuaries, avalanche chutes and salmon streams provide brown and black bears with high-quality foods. The black bear is the smaller of the two bear species in Southeast Alaska, with adult males ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 3/11/2010 9:15:15 PM
  • Guy Thomas Barton
  • Guy Thomas Barton, 55, passed away at his home in Wasilla on March 5, 2010. Guy was born July 11, 1954, in Boulder, Colo. He graduated from Fairview High School in 1972. He then worked as a miner in the Leadville and Silverton, Colo., areas ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 3/11/2010 8:10:50 PM
  • Clois Grover Long
  • Clois “Max” Grover Long, 73, of Wasilla died Feb. 19, 2010, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. Memorial services are pending. Burial of his cremated remains will be in Valley View Cemetery in Covelo, Calif. Max was born June 12 ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 3/11/2010 8:10:50 PM
  • YOUNG AT HEART
  • MAT-SU — Jeanne Young, a Mat-Su Valley oil painter, has settled down from painting among the bears in Naknek to painting among the bathers at Wasilla Lake. Her show at Vagabond Blues during March and April portrays local people as her main subject ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 3/11/2010 8:10:50 PM
  • Full trooper statement in teacher's death
  • Troopers Determine Death in Chignik Lake is from Animal Attack (CHIGNIK LAKE, Alaska)-- Investigation has determined that Candice Berner's death was non-criminal in nature. An autopsy conducted today confirmed Ms. Berner died from injuries sustained ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 3/11/2010 5:33:21 PM
  • Alaska Conservation Camp teaches kids winter outdoor ...
  • FAIRBANKS - Christian Benavidez kept busy on Monday shoveling snow to cover the walls on the pup tent-shaped shelter Shaun Combs, Cole Davis and he were building in the woods of Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. The 12-year-old boys were ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/11/2010 2:05:45 PM
  • Alaska wildlife division gets new director
  • Corey Rossi will become director of the Division of Wildlife Conservation in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game effective Tuesday, according to a department news release. Rossi, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/11/2010 1:44:17 PM
  • A license plate sna ... er, mistake ... in the Yukon
  • When the U.S. military finished building the Alaska Highway through Canada during World War II, it left behind mementoes of its presense, not the least among them a variety of place names. But a couple names sometimes credited to the U.S. Army are ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 3/11/2010 1:37:07 PM
  • Alaska conservation group gets new director
  • Corey Rossi will become director of the Division of Wildlife Conservation in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game effective Tuesday, according to a department news release. Rossi, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/11/2010 1:22:48 PM
  • A dead moose debacle: What to do with that big dead ...
  • With no reason for the Department of Fish and Game or the Alaska State Wildlife Troopers to investigate, it was up to the McCartys to get rid of the carcass. If a moose is struck by a car, troopers handle it, arranging for the meat to be salvaged for ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/11/2010 12:58:21 AM
  • Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013
  • It's necessary to know how climate change will affect fish stocks and other marine and surface life, and what ... The Healy, he added, currently in dry-dock here, is due to be off Alaska's North Slope this spring, and one of its missions will be to ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/10/2010 6:03:10 PM
  • Manor versus campus - RurAL CAP and Copper River ...
  • After the Anchorage Assembly approved the alcohol dependant housing ordinance last week, proponents of so called “wet housing,” or “Housing First,” as the program is known in its incarnations across the country, cheered the passage as the ...
  • Anchorage Press
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  • 3/10/2010 5:56:00 PM
  • Manor versus campus - RurAL CAP and Copper River Seafoods are both ...
  • After the Anchorage Assembly approved the alcohol dependant housing ordinance last week, proponents of so called “wet housing,” or “Housing First,” as the program is known in its incarnations across the country, cheered the passage as the ...
  • Anchorage Press
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  • 3/10/2010 5:56:00 PM
  • ADF&G to exterminateinvasive mammals
  • Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) found invasive mammal ... trapping the animals on Sud island in the Barren Islands, as well as Poa and Tangik Islands east of Akutan, USFWS and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge aim to restore native ...
  • Kodiak Daily Mirror
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  • 3/10/2010 4:22:57 PM
  • Halibut opener could bring high prices during storm
  • ... high seas put a damper on Alaska ... year fishing veteran at Bristol Bay. “But from day one, everyone went, ‘Whoa, this really works.’” Hansen invented the Salmon Slide after years of experimentation to find ways to improve fish quality ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 3/10/2010 10:17:53 AM
  • Costly rock, politics stymie harbor project
  • The high expense of armor rock lies at the bottom of a problem holding up public works projects throughout Alaska, and places Homer’s hopes for an East Harbor beyond reach for now. According to U.S. Army Corp of Engineer’s Patrick Fitzgerald ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 3/10/2010 10:17:53 AM
  • Beluga comments stretch into the thousands
  • Whatever we can do to keep it cleaner and beautiful for our children so they don’t have to go to SeaWorld to see a beluga. Doug Blossom: “We moved to Kenai in 1948, and have had a long history of commercial fishing in the inlet. As I look at the ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 3/10/2010 10:17:53 AM
  • Announcements- March 10
  • Living Well Alaska Training, offered by South Peninsula Hospital every Thursday, Feb. 4 – March 11, 6 – 8:30 p.m., South Peninsula Training Center. Fee is $10. For more information, 235-0369. Heartsaver CPR Course, offered by South Peninsula ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 3/10/2010 7:18:55 AM
  • Sponsor: Bill to protect spawning grounds dead
  • JUNEAU -- Gov. Sean Parnell got much of what he wanted in a House version of the state operating budget, and lawmakers said it's possible he'll get more later. But the finance committee on Tuesday only offered a portion of the money he had requested ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 3/10/2010 12:16:35 AM
  • Officials investigate report of fatal wolf attack in village
  • The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says it is looking into the death of a person possibly killed in a wolf attack Monday in Chignik Lake. Local officials deferred questions to the Lake and Peninsula Borough School District. Chief operating ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 3/9/2010 4:09:49 PM
  • Officials investigate report of fatal wolf attack in ...
  • The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says it is looking into the death of a person possibly killed in a wolf attack Monday in Chignik Lake. Local officials deferred questions to the Lake and Peninsula Borough School District. Chief operating ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 3/9/2010 4:09:49 PM
  • Teacher in Alaska was likely killed by wolves
  • Most adult male wolves in Alaska weigh 85 to 115 pounds but they occasionally reach 145 pounds, according to the Department of Fish and Game. Females average 5 to 10 pounds lighter than males and rarely weigh more than 110 pounds. Wolves reach adult ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/8/2010 3:56:41 PM
  • Goodbye, Grumman Goose, hello, airport to nowhere
  • State Transportation Commissioner Leo von Scheben said in November that the price tag sounds high, but is reasonable for building a new airport in rural Alaska. For example, last June, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a grant covering ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 3/6/2010 11:15:43 PM
  • Akutan says goodbye, Grumman Goose, Hello, airport to nowhere
  • JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska's small communities cannot escape the "nowhere" moniker. Construction is expected to begin this year on a $76 million airport and hovercraft for Akutan, a roadless Aleut island village of about 100 permanent residents and ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/6/2010 9:39:40 AM
  • Akutan says goodbye, Grumman Goose, Hello, airport to ...
  • JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska's small communities cannot escape the "nowhere" moniker. Construction is expected to begin this year on a $76 million airport and hovercraft for Akutan, a roadless Aleut island village of about 100 permanent residents and ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/6/2010 9:39:40 AM
  • Feds work to eradicate invasive mammals from Alaska ...
  • KODIAK, Alaska - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to eradicate invasive mammal species on uninhabited islands near Kodiak and Akutan. In January, the service asked for comments on the removal of hoary marmots from Sud Island in the Barren ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/5/2010 4:00:15 PM
  • Feds work to eradicate invasive mammals from Alaska islands
  • KODIAK, Alaska - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to eradicate invasive mammal species on uninhabited islands near Kodiak and Akutan. In January, the service asked for comments on the removal of hoary marmots from Sud Island in the Barren ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/5/2010 4:00:15 PM
  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans aerial wolf hunts
  • FAIRBANKS — For the second year in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans to use a helicopter to shoot wolves from the air in the Fortymile region near Tok as part of its predator control program. In a report to the Alaska Board of ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/5/2010 1:37:05 PM
  • Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans aerial wolf ...
  • FAIRBANKS — For the second year in a row, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans to use a helicopter to shoot wolves from the air in the Fortymile region near Tok as part of its predator control program. In a report to the Alaska Board of ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/5/2010 1:37:05 PM
  • University of Alaska Anchorage chosen as base for ...
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Thursday that Alaska will be the site of the first ... land, water, oceans, fish, wildlife and cultural resources. Besides regional centers, the order set out to establish "Landscape ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/4/2010 8:26:17 PM
  • Sarah Palin pitching TV show about Alaska
  • Palin will visit commercial fishing boats and tour either coal or gold mines and other spots unique to her state. "It's being in and experiencing the great charm and beauty of Alaska with Sarah Palin," he said. The former governor is such a ratings ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/4/2010 8:26:17 PM
  • University of Alaska Anchorage chosen as base for regional climate ...
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Thursday that Alaska will be the site of the first of the department's eight planned regional climate science centers. "With rapidly melting Arctic-sea ice and permafrost, and threats to ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 3/4/2010 8:26:17 PM
  • Beluga whale bill passes House
  • A resolution opposing designation of critical habitat for beluga whales passed the Alaska State House Monday in the form of House Joint Resolution 40, which opposes the National Marine Fisheries Service’s designation of a critical habitat for ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 3/3/2010 10:33:20 AM
  • Mathew Lewis Hinchey
  • ... Denver, Colo., on Dec. 24, 1961, to Ken and Vida Fae Hinchey. The couple left Colorado in 1965 with their five boys in tow for the great state of Alaska. Mathew grew up on the west side of Anchorage and attended North Star Elementary School ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 2/28/2010 3:59:01 PM
  • Bill would make Alaska Fish and Game Dept. put people protection as ...
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A state lawmaker from Anchorage has proposed a bill that would force the Department of Fish and Game to make protecting people its top priority in the city. Rep. Charisse Millett held a public meeting on the proposal Saturday at ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/8/2010 11:07:46 AM
  • US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa
  • Jamie R. Lowe's parents wanted their son's funeral to be upbeat and patriotic, just like he was, so they asked people to show up in blue jeans and played lively music. Jeff Milner, who was Lowe's best friend at Cisne High School in Cisne, Ill ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 2/8/2010 8:01:39 AM
  • Alaska program lets youths go on real fishing expedition
  • KENAI, Alaska - "Up and down, one-two-three, and rest," Patti Berkhahn, with the Department of Fish and Game, said as she coached a group of elementary students. Berkhahn sounded like she might have been leading the latest flavor of the month step ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/7/2010 4:52:33 PM
  • Evidence shows murder; killer still walks free
  • WASILLA — It’s been eight months, but there’s still a whole lot about the night Scott Johnson died that Alaska State Troopers don’t know. Matt Christiansen, who said he thinks of Johnson like a brother, described his friend as generous with a ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 2/7/2010 1:17:49 PM
  • Researchers target whales in Alaska herring loss study
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Something is holding down the herring population of Alaska's Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales. Humpbacks, once hunted to near extinction, are thriving in waters ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/7/2010 9:50:13 AM
  • Dentist gives injured bald eagle prosthetic beak
  • An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak -- using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter. The bird was found in December with severe damage to his beak, apparently from fishing line that wrapped around it and ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 2/6/2010 10:44:30 PM
  • NORMAN FRANCIS KROENING
  • Palmer resident Norman Francis Kroening, 74, passed away peacefully Jan. 31 with his loving, devoted wife and companion, Merlaine at his side. Norm was born to Philip and Birdie Kroening on May 3, 1935 in Green Bay, Wis. As a young boy, he loved to ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 2/6/2010 8:57:07 PM
  • Ernestine Turner Pierce
  • Ernestine Turner Pierce, 84, formerly of Mayfield, Ky., passed away Jan. 31 at Northern Living assisted living. Ernestine worked for the Mayfield Merit Clothing Company for 30 years, from 1943 to 1973 where she was affectionately known as “Blondie ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 2/6/2010 8:57:07 PM
  • No TV show
  • He just loved Alaska, hunting fishing, just all of that.” MATT CHRISTIANSEN/Courtesy photo Scott Johnson was found dead in the southbound ... She said she’s identified persons of interest in the case. But she just doesn’t have enough ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 2/6/2010 8:57:07 PM
  • Alaska dentist fixes eagle's broken beak
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak - using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter. The bird was found in December with severe damage to his beak, apparently from fishing ... his fish
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/6/2010 6:33:58 PM
  • Racing in snow a high ride thanks to new snowmachine engines
  • EAGLE RIVER, Alaska - Korey Cronquist started up the snowmachine on the Team CC showroom floor in one quick pull. No stinky exhaust, no window-rattling noise. It was quieter than a lawnmower. In the 30 seconds the engine ran, Cronquist demonstrated ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/6/2010 4:32:16 PM
  • Faulty Delta erosion project could cost $10 million
  • The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is reviewing the project and wasn’t ready to comment on its impact on fish habitat on Friday. After clearing an environmental review, the project is awaiting funding to proceed, which could be a formidable ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/6/2010 1:33:19 PM
  • Alaska biologists try to ward off feeding of moose
  • HOMER, Alaska - Despite what people may think when they enjoy the sights of Homer's city-dwelling moose population, hay is for horses - not moose. In fact, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Assistant Biologist Thomas McDonough said hay proves fatal ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/6/2010 12:43:12 PM
  • Wasilla truck driver revs things up in the kitchen
  • WASILLA, Alaska - Given the obsession with television cooking shows, it's only natural an episode of "Ice Road Truckers" would spawn a series of culinary classes focused on gourmet wild game. When the History Channel show came to Alaska last spring ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/6/2010 9:37:05 AM
  • Faulty erosion project could cost $10 million
  • The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is reviewing the project and wasn’t ready to comment on its impact on fish habitat on Friday. After clearing an environmental review, the project is awaiting funding to proceed, which could be a formidable ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/6/2010 12:47:23 AM
  • Alaska Board of Game affirms potlatch hunts
  • ... potlatch hunting to provide meat for Alaska Native ceremonies. Regulations based on the law required that the game be “customarily and traditionally taken or used for subsistence.” According to the state Department of Fish and Game, a sister ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/5/2010 1:02:53 AM
  • Bill pushes safety as Fish, Game priority
  • Citing recent summer maulings and the changing habits of bears entering Alaska's cities, Anchorage Rep. Charisse Millett has proposed a bill that would make public safety the Department of Fish and Game's No. 1 priority in Anchorage
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 2/5/2010 12:34:15 AM
  • Coast Guard hoists stricken man off Bering Sea fishing boat
  • KODIAK, Alaska - A Coast Guard helicopter hoisted a 40-year-old man complaining of chest pains from a fishing boat in the Bering Sea. The Coast Guard Juneau office took a call just before 5 p.m. Wednesday that the man was on the Alaskan Leader, a ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/4/2010 4:48:57 PM
  • Super Bowl parties and alternatives
  • Here's a list of spots around town throwing down for the Super Bowl with big screens and prizes. Not into the game? We've got some events for you too. The Anchor 712 West 4th Ave., 677-7979 Free taco bar along with a 150-inch big-screen TV with three ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 2/4/2010 3:23:03 PM
  • Mixed forecast for Copper River salmon
  • FAIRBANKS - This year’s Copper River salmon projections for sockeye and king salmon are a mixed bag for fishermen. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is projecting a Copper River red salmon run of almost 2.2 million fish, which should mean ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/4/2010 8:42:12 AM
  • Goldstream public-use bill finds support
  • FAIRBANKS – An effort to permanently designate a nearly 2,000-acre patch of the Goldstream Valley as a public-use area got a warm reception in the Legislature on Wednesday. The area has been a popular outdoor playground for decades and was formally ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/4/2010 12:56:54 AM
  • Transparency or brick wall?
  • The city of Anchorage wants to charge people who request public records for time the city legal department spends figuring out which part of the request is okay to release and which parts need to be kept confidential. But state law currently doesn ...
  • Anchorage Press
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  • 2/3/2010 5:33:06 PM
  • Group helps rid Kodiak of invasive plants
  • Invasive plant species have been infecting Kodiak with a variety of problems, but future community projects may make great strides in fighting them off. Blythe Brown is the noxious and invasive plants coordinator with Kodiak Soil and Water ...
  • Kodiak Daily Mirror
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  • 2/3/2010 3:17:05 PM
  • Halibut capital maintains sport quota
  • A Homer captain washes down a catch of halibut at day’s end. At the IPHC annual meeting, Homer charter captains retained catch limits at last year’s level. The International Pacific Halibut Commission allotted 3.6 million pounds of halibut to ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 12:32:27 PM
  • Fixing city hall goes to Juneau
  • HOMER TRIBUNE/Naomi Klouda - Council members Bryan Zak and Barbara Howard voted against asking the Legislature to reappropriate the $1.5 million for a city hall renovation, as did Kevin Hogan, contending there may be more options for using the money ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 12:32:27 PM
  • No muffins — or hay — for moose
  • Despite what people may think when they enjoy the sights of Homer’s city-dwelling moose population, hay is for horses — not moose. In fact, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Assistant Biologist Thomas McDonough said hay proves fatal for a moose ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 12:32:27 PM
  • FYI – Feb. 3
  • In honor of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day on Feb. 16 and as part of UAA’s Civil Right’s month, the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College invites the public to a 7 p.m. showing of “For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska.” This ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 9:33:29 AM
  • Car encounters of the ‘Homer’ kind
  • It wasn’t until I pulled alongside the custom minivan in Duggan’s parking lot that I realized just how much work had gone into this machine. These people were no doubt serious about their customization job, using only the finest duct tape and ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 9:33:29 AM
  • Southeast Alaska halibut catch limits drop 12.4 percent
  • ... 2C, Southeast Alaska, was set at 4.4 million pounds. That is a 12.4 percent cut from the previous year, which stood at 5.02 million pounds. Bruce Leaman, executive director of IPHC, said the lower catch limit has to do with the lower fish ...
  • Kodiak Daily Mirror
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  • 2/2/2010 3:54:04 PM
  • Sitka residents warned to leave sea lions alone
  • SITKA, Alaska — Marine mammal officials in Sitka are warning ... animal back into the water, then set off a seal bomb, a small explosive device used to frighten mammals away from fishing grounds. Harbor Master Stan Eliason says that's not only ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/2/2010 9:06:02 AM
  • Coast Guard: No search for crashed pilots near Alaska Peninsula ...
  • SAND POINT, Alaska - The U.S. Coast Guard did not plan to resume searching on Saturday for two pilots aboard a cargo plane that crashed near Sand Point. Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally says search teams on Friday found only debris and nothing ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/2/2010 12:23:29 AM
  • Report: 'Deadliest Catch' captain suffers stroke
  • SEATTLE - The Seattle-based captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has been flown to Anchorage after suffering a stroke while the boat was in port at St. Paul Island, Alaska. According to the vessel's Web site, Capt. Phil ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/1/2010 6:54:12 PM
  • Alaska Game Board shoots down predator control provision
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Board of Game has shot down a provision that would have prevented nonresidents from hunting in predator control areas where subsistence needs aren't being met. The seven-member board voted against the proposal Monday ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/1/2010 6:47:03 PM
  • Two Pacific cod fisheries earn certification
  • Two Pacific cod fisheries have earned Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification covering longline, trawl, pot and jig fishing methods. The fisheries, located in the Gulf of Alaska (GoA) and in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), were ...
  • Kodiak Daily Mirror
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  • 2/1/2010 4:09:34 PM
  • Alaska Fish Board shrinks Yukon River net mesh sizes
  • FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Board of Fisheries on Sunday took what some fishermen say is a major and others say is a minor step toward rebuilding the declining Yukon River king salmon run. In an attempt to get more older, bigger and more productive kings ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/1/2010 9:50:11 AM
  • Alaska Board of Fisheries shrinks Yukon River net mesh sizes
  • The Alaska Board of Fisheries on Sunday took what some fishermen say is a major and others say is a minor step toward rebuilding the declining Yukon River king salmon run. In an attempt to get more older, bigger and more productive kings on the ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/1/2010 1:14:47 AM
  • Hundreds gather to pay respects to Alaska Air 261 victims
  • PORT HUENEME, Calif. — Family, friends and community members gathered Sunday on a Ventura County beach to remember the 88 people who died when an Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the Pacific Ocean a decade ago. About 300 people sat in chairs on the ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 2/1/2010 1:07:37 AM
  • Halibut catch limits released
  • Commercial fishermen in Southeast Alaska will be allowed to take 4.4 million pounds of halibut this year, the international commission that manages the fishery announced Friday. The decision by the International Pacific Halibut Commission represents ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/31/2010 1:51:45 AM
  • Fish Board nixes grayling size limit
  • FAIRBANKS — Arctic grayling fishermen on the Chatanika and Salcha rivers who are looking for fish to put in the frying pan will no longer have to carry a measuring tape. The Alaska Board of Fisheries on Saturday voted to eliminate a 12-inch size ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/31/2010 1:30:17 AM
  • FISH FOR A WISH
  • com , who wants to help get kids and families around the Mat-Su Valley familiar with fishing and benefit the Alaska Make a Wish foundation. (Use arrows above to view more photos) “You know, my dad taught me to fish and I wanted to help teach other ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 1/30/2010 11:35:45 PM
  • Who's up / Who's down
  • DOWN -- White Fang and Yogi: Game Board wants to expand predator control to Kenai and Alaska peninsulas. Apex predator has wings, guns and opposable thumbs. UP -- Imaginarium: Ray Troll graces new walls with his fishery. No salmon like Troll salmon.
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/30/2010 6:13:38 PM
  • Juneau's famous black wolf mysteriously disappears
  • Romeo also could have interacted with a pack of wolves, said Lewis, a former researcher for the state department of Fish and Game now with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He studied the animals until last year. GPS collars on two of the pack ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/30/2010 2:07:16 AM
  • Eroding Alaska village appeals lawsuit's dismissal
  • ANCHORAGE - One of Alaska's most eroded villages wants to revive a lawsuit that ... Sea ice historically protected the village, whose economy is based in part on salmon fishing plus subsistence hunting of whale, seal, walrus, and caribou.
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/29/2010 7:52:03 AM
  • Alaska Board of Fisheries sifts net full of ideas
  • FAIRBANKS — The Yukon River’s biggest king salmon are getting smaller. A recent study by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game revealed that 7-year-old female kings, the largest and oldest fish in the Yukon’s chinook run, have shrunk by 3.9 ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/29/2010 12:49:42 AM
  • Eroding Alaska village appeals dismissal of climate change lawsuit
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - One of Alaska's most eroded villages wants to revive a lawsuit ... Sea ice historically protected the village, whose economy is based in part on salmon fishing plus subsistence hunting of whale, seal, walrus, and caribou.
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/28/2010 6:08:50 PM
  • Get your snowmobile motor running
  • I've done outdoors stuff all my life, hunting and fishing, and prior to graduating, I used to ride right into Eagle River to Pippel's Field. We'd go to Fire Lake and actually Mount Baldy, too. I would sneak down to the military base before the ...
  • Alaska Star
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  • 1/28/2010 12:46:43 PM
  • Pacific halibut commission decision due Friday
  • JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska fishermen are anxiously awaiting to hear the International Pacific Halibut Commission's decision on the size of this year's commercial harvest. The commission is meeting Friday in Seattle. The commission's earlier ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/28/2010 10:23:33 AM
  • Larry Dean Stewart
  • He was a long time resident if Iowa, until 1997 when he moved to Alaska. He served in the Air Force as a hydraulics ... Larry enjoyed woodworking and was an avid reader; but his great joy was fishing even after his stroke. He was preceded in death by ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 1/27/2010 3:54:01 PM
  • AG urges state to up its fight against listings
  • Doug Vincent-Lang with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the agency is concerned that if herring were listed under the ESA, it could negatively affect Southeast. What began as a request to study Lynn Canal herring populations has been ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/27/2010 7:25:47 AM
  • Alaska veteran first to be tallied in census
  • Census Bureau Director Robert Groves on Monday began the 2010 count of the nation's residents in a village in Alaska's arctic hinterlands ... it's also crucial to reach villagers before they set off for fishing camps or hunting expeditions.
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/26/2010 7:34:08 AM
  • My turn: State denies sport fisherman, subsistence users equal access
  • The Alaska Board of Fish recently made ... local legislator to take the ultimate authority away from the Board of Fish. Finally, ask your legislator to stop management of fisheries by using commercial fishing catch results. This practice prohibits ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/26/2010 7:26:58 AM
  • Divers find bodies of 2 pilots in Alaska plane crash
  • SAND POINT, Alaska - The bodies of two pilots whose plane crashed Friday near Sand Point have ... The plane had been bound for Anchorage with a load of fish and mail. A spokeswoman for the Lewis family says Emily Lewis grew up in the Seattle area and ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/25/2010 10:01:28 PM
  • 2010 Census begins in remote Alaska village
  • ... the spring thaw make access more difficult, said Ralph Lee, director of the bureau's Seattle region, which oversees Alaska. Lee also said it's important to reach villagers before they set off for fishing camps or hunting expeditions. Noorvik ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/25/2010 2:51:58 PM
  • Groups seek citizen oversight of trans-Alaska oil pipeline
  • For now, it's hard to tell if their work will pay off. But recently, they've made some headway: A leader within the group, Cordova-based Copper River Watershed Project, received a grant from the federal government's pipeline oversight agency to ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/25/2010 2:01:52 PM
  • You're number 1: Alaska village up first in census
  • NOORVIK, Alaska ... set off for fishing camps or hunting expeditions. After the weather warms, Noorvik residents will hunt for moose, caribou, seal, geese and ducks. They also will fill their freezers with salmon, trout and other fish from the Kobuk ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/25/2010 9:29:51 AM
  • Groups seek citizen oversight of trans-Alaska pipeline
  • Created about a decade ago, her group works on fish habitat restoration in the region ... Fisheries Association and the Cordova District Fishermen United, a commercial fishing group. For now, the Alaska congressional delegation is not championing the ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/24/2010 11:35:42 PM
  • Hunt for missing pilots won't resume, Coast Guard says
  • Coast Guard aircraft and fishing vessels looked for hours Friday, finding debris in the water but no ... The plane had been bound for Anchorage with a load of fish and mail. The Coast Guard said it received a call about 12:20 a.m. Friday from Sand ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/22/2010 3:59:57 PM
  • Harbor dredging plan raises concerns
  • Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Alaska Department of Natural Resources and Department of Environmental Conservation asked for an additional 30 days to comment on the proposal and were granted until Feb. 5. The original ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/20/2010 7:41:14 AM
  • A bit of fresh seafood brightens 'fish winter'
  • John Jackson of New Sagaya Markets calls it "the middle of 'fish winter.' " While troll king salmon has been in short supply, there have still been some nice fish options. Pacific cod fillets "have been beautiful," Jackson says. Additionally, both ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/19/2010 7:52:34 PM
  • Borough, city meet in joint work session
  • ... Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council meet tonight to discuss communitywide issues including the struggling school crossing guard program and a proposed local fish consultant ... Kodiak’s interests at the Alaska Board of Fisheries ...
  • Kodiak Daily Mirror
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  • 1/19/2010 5:58:02 PM
  • Tanner crab opens with higher quota
  • There’s a year class of crab we’ve been following for several years, and they’re attaining legal size,” said Wayne Donaldson, regional shellfish/ground fish management ... classes,” said Nick Sagalkin, Kodiak/Alaska Peninsula shellfish ...
  • Kodiak Daily Mirror
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  • 1/19/2010 5:58:02 PM
  • Upper Kenai River fishing guides form a professional associa
  • The new group, The Upper Kenai River Professional Guide Association, was formed last month. Association president Robert Gibson said the purpose of the group is to correct problems related to guided fishing on the upper Kenai River, and work to ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/18/2010 9:05:20 PM
  • Upper Kenai River fishing guides form a professional association
  • The new group, The Upper Kenai River Professional Guide Association, was formed last month. Association president Robert Gibson said the purpose of the group is to correct problems related to guided fishing on the upper Kenai River, and work to ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/18/2010 9:05:20 PM
  • Dwane Allen Burgess
  • His cremated remains will be scattered near a cabin in the Alaska Range and Culross Passage ... Dwane loved hunting, fishing, being a pilot and rebuilding and repairing never ending projects. The family wrote, “Dwane was ready to offer a hand when ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 1/18/2010 9:05:20 PM
  • Earl Layton Reynolds
  • In 1997 he moved to Alaska, living at Point MacKenzie. Earl worked in Dutch Harbor. He enjoyed fishing and cooking. Earl is survived by his mother, Virginia Tymn of Alamosa, Colo.; brother, Dave Reynolds of Wasilla; nephew, Jacob Reynolds of Wasilla ...
  • Frontiersman
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  • 1/18/2010 9:05:20 PM
  • FEMA visits Kodiak to tour mudslide damage
  • ... hatcheries are claiming damage to their facilities, but expect the fish to be influenced. Because the mudslides were declared a major national disaster, FEMA is expected to pay 75 percent of the cost of repairs. The State of Alaska will pay the ...
  • Kodiak Daily Mirror
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  • 1/18/2010 4:11:51 PM
  • Villages appeal Red Dog permit
  • The village supports economic development, but it is very concerned how toxic chemicals, including cyanide and ammonia, are affecting drinking water and fish near the mine, he said. Teck Alaska Inc., the operator of the Red Dog Mine, applied for a ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/18/2010 7:14:59 AM
  • Mother whose son was killed in Sitka happy about arrest
  • When he decided he needed a break from school, he tried to get a job on a fishing boat, or in a cannery, and headed to Alaska, Coville said. Limm joined him in Sitka in the summer of 1987, and the two were married there in that October.
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/18/2010 7:14:59 AM
  • Subsistence board looks into fishing, climate change links
  • ANCHORAGE - The Federal Subsistence Board has approved research to look for possible links between climate change and fishing patterns in three regions of Alaska. The projects will take three to four years and cost $930,000, according to the Office ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/18/2010 7:00:40 AM
  • Alaska subsistence regulations reviewed
  • ANCHORAGE - The Interior Department said it's taking longer than expected to review management of subsistence hunting and fishing in Alaska. After weeks of visiting villages, federal officials met Thursday in Anchorage with leaders of 10 regional ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/18/2010 7:00:40 AM
  • No sign found of grizzly in Goldstream
  • FAIRBANKS — A bear expert with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game investigated the report of fresh grizzly bear tracks in the Goldstream Valley on Saturday and found no sign of a bear or its tracks. Biologist Dick Shideler, accompanied by his ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/17/2010 1:25:25 AM
  • Feds make disaster declaration for Yukon River salmon
  • ANCHORAGE - A federal official declared a fishery disaster Friday because of low Chinook salmon returns the past two years along Alaska's Yukon River. "The determination was based on the incredibly low Chinook salmon returns in 2008, and of course ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/16/2010 11:02:15 PM
  • Around Town
  • Community work service project, 9 a.m. every Sunday, Cornerstone, 9290 Hurlock Ave. Come dressed for the weather. Sponsored by Juneau Youth Services. Details: Brad, 523-6549. Vinyasa Yoga class, 10-11:30 a.m., Juneau Family Health and Birth Center ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/16/2010 11:02:15 PM
  • Fishermen test personal flotation devices
  • Over the past year, more than 200 Alaska fishermen field-tested personal flotation devices -- PFDs -- as part of a life-saving project by federal safety specialists. Fatalities from falls overboard are the leading cause of fishing deaths. But ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/16/2010 7:34:39 PM
  • Arrest in 1988 Alaska homicide welcomed by victim's mother
  • SITKA, Alaska - The arrest this week of a 45-year-old women in Illinois was welcome news to a mother whose son disappeared from Sitka, Alaska, more than 20 years ago. Reta Coville, who lives in the San Diego area, did not know for years what happened ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/16/2010 1:22:25 PM
  • Native villages appeal EPA permit for Red Dog Mine
  • The Native villages of Kivalina and Point Hope are appealing the state's certification of the Red Dog Mine permit issued Jan. 8 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The villages allege that it violates the federal Clean Water Act and the ...
  • Anchorage Daily News
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  • 1/16/2010 1:26:36 AM
  • Native villages appeal state's permit of Red Dog zinc mine
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two Alaska Native villages near the world's largest zinc mine are challenging the mine's water discharge permit, saying it is a "license to pollute." The Native villages of Kivalina and Point Hope are appealing the state's ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/15/2010 5:55:38 PM
  • Scientists to research possible links in Alaska fisheries, c
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Federal Subsistence Board has approved research to look for possible links between climate change and fishing patterns in three regions of Alaska. The projects will take three to four years and cost $930,000, according to the ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/15/2010 1:30:46 PM
  • Scientists to research possible links in Alaska fisheries, climate ...
  • ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Federal Subsistence Board has approved research to look for possible links between climate change and fishing patterns in three regions of Alaska. The projects will take three to four years and cost $930,000, according to the ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/15/2010 1:30:46 PM
  • Feds declare fisheries disaster for Yukon River
  • Subsistence fishing is not a factor in determining the ... Salmon, which spend years in the ocean before going back to Alaska rivers to spawn, get caught in the pollock trawl nets. The dead fish are either thrown back into the ocean or donated to ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/15/2010 12:40:40 PM
  • Alaska editorial: Subsistence rules set up circular procedur
  • However, criterion No. 8 asks the board to analyze whether the hunting or fishing follows "a pattern that includes taking, use and reliance for subsistence purposes upon a wide diversity of fish and game resources and that provides substantial ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/14/2010 8:02:40 AM
  • Alaska editorial: Subsistence rules set up circular procedure
  • However, criterion No. 8 asks the board to analyze whether the hunting or fishing follows "a pattern that includes taking, use and reliance for subsistence purposes upon a wide diversity of fish and game resources and that provides substantial ...
  • Juneau Empire
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  • 1/14/2010 8:02:40 AM
  • Rural decisions count in Alaska’s subsistence futures
  • photo by Patrice Kohl/Redoubt Reporter - A sockeye salmon leaps up the Russian River Falls this summer, past an area designated for subsistence dip net fishing. Management of fishing and hunting in Alaska involves a lot of counting — how many fish ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 1/13/2010 9:22:36 AM
  • Alaska deckhands to lend fisheries labor data
  • The people who work as crew members on fishing boats are probably one of the only groups ... Alaska’s cod fisheries are one week away from getting a coveted eco-label from the international Marine Stewardship Council. The bright blue MSC label ...
  • Homer Tribune
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  • 1/13/2010 9:22:36 AM
  • Alaska wolf control limited by low snow
  • FAIRBANKS — Sparse snow conditions around the state have all but shut down the state’s aerial predator control program so far this winter. Only two wolves have been reported killed in the five areas the Department of Fish and Game has issued ...
  • Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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  • 1/11/2010 1:11:03 AM

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