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IB 24-27: NMFS Prohibits Directed Fishing for Pacific Cod by Vessels using Jig Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 12 noon, Alaska local time, July 19, 2024, according to Jonathan M. Kurland, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. This action is...
Alaska Native students gain cross-cultural experience through Ilakucaraq program
Earlier this month, a dozen teenagers gathered in KOTZ’s studio in Kotzebue to listen to gospel music. Fifteen-year-old Edward Ochoa was one of them. He lives in Arizona but has family ties to the Northwest Arctic. “My mom and aunty used to come down here all the time to...
APD Officers cleared by the state during use of force in downtown shooting
The Office of Special Prosecution’s recently found two Anchorage police officers justified in their use of force when they shot and wounded a 22-year-old man last month in downtown Anchorage.
2 women to attempt swim across Cook Inlet
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Shannon Titzel and Jordan Iverson are attempting to be the first women to swim across Cook Inlet. The duo said they plan to make the frigid swim from Point MacKenzie to the small boat harbor in Anchorage next Wednesday. “I’ve been looking at this water every...
Fistfight led to fatal shooting outside Anchorage bar, police say
Anchorage police say a fight between two women outside a downtown bar early Sunday escalated to an exchange of gunfire between two men that left one of the men dead. In an updated statement Wednesday, police say two people – Patricia Avery, 30, and Markin L. Giddins, 38 – have now been charged with evidence tampering in the shooting that killed 30-year-old Tahjeay Baldwin. Avery is also charged with fourth-degree assault.
City of Fairbanks to consider fee bump for obtaining body cam, other footage
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The Fairbanks Police Department is planning to ask city officials to hike the fees for obtaining body camera footage and other audio and video through public records requests. Officers with the department began wearing body cameras about 10 years ago, and FPD Police Chief Ron Dupee...
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