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Alaska yard helps fishermen diversify
Distinctive Finishes in Haines, Alaska, is completing work on the 34’ x 11’ Dab Chick, a 53-year-old crabber and gillnetter, whose owner is looking for more options. When the Dab Chick leaves Distinctive Finishes it will be set up for longlining, trolling, gillnetting and crabbing. “People can’t just...
PACBAK EXPANDS FOOTPRINT THROUGH BUYING GROUPS
PacBak, a manufacturer of pioneering outdoor equipment, has become a vendor with Mid-States Distributing, Nation's Best Sports and Worldwide Distributors. Brian McKinnon, PacBak founder and chief innovation officer, made the announcement. "Partnering with these buying groups is a significant milestone for PacBak," said McKinnon. "They provide an incredible opportunity to...
Ch’bala Corners: Next Phase of Affordable Housing in Spenard
Ush Park is the central green space of Ch’bala Corners. In the background, builders put finishing touches on Phase II. Cook Inlet Housing Authority (CIHA) is formally opening Phase II of its Ch’bala Corners residential development in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood. The first phase, consisting of forty-eight apartments in three buildings, was completed in 2022. Ch’bala Corners Phase II consists of thirty-eight apartments in a combination of duplex, four-plex, and eight-plex buildings.
Senator Murkowski convenes summit about airport issues in rural Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - In rural Alaska, the National Weather Service’s system for reporting conditions at airports often experiences outages of power and connectivity. Because of this, airports around the state are vulnerable to delays and flight disruptions. In an effort to combat this trend, Senator Lisa Murkowski recently...
Anchorage parents, students adjust to big changes on the first day of school
Thursday was the first day of school in the Anchorage School District and students, families and staff are adjusting to big changes. School start times are different for every grade this year and sixth graders joined middle schools. The parking lot at Williwaw Elementary in East Anchorage was buzzing early...
Chum Salmon fishery closed due to low run counts
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - On August 16, fishing for chum salmon closed throughout the Yukon River and Tanana River drainage areas. While interior residents were able to harvest chum salmon during the summer run, small run counts have led the Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game (ADFG) to close Chum fisheries for the interior.
PWS Economic Development District convenes group to discuss processing solutions
The Prince William Sound Economic Development District (PWSEDD) convened a group of community stakeholders on July 30 to discuss the possibility of creating a multi-use cold storage facility. The facility could alleviate some of the struggles faced by commercial food producers in Cordova by providing space for processing, packaging, and storing seafood products and more. The discussion was facilitated by Alaska based consultants McKinley Research Group.
2 Alaska troopers charged in brutal arrest of wrong man hit with stun gun, bitten by police dog
Two Alaska State troopers have been criminally charged after they brutally assaulted and unleashed a police dog that repeatedly bit a man they mistook as a person who was the subject of an active warrant. Sergeant Joseph Miller, 49, and canine handler Jason Woodruff, 42, were both charged with assault...
Petersburg’s OBI Seafoods plant reaches 100,000 cases of fish a little later than last year
Petersburg’s OBI Seafoods processing plant hit an important yearly milestone on Monday, August 12, with 100,000 cases of fish packed. To celebrate, the plant blew its steam whistle for all to hear. But that whistle came a little later than usual. Cannery foreman Jeff Randrup was lifted into the...
Efforts to Restore Interior Wood Bison Population Advance with Recent Relocation
The next step has been taken to try and restore the wood bison population in our Interior. More than 40 bison were recently transported from the Large Animal Research Station at UAF to a soft-release pen on the Minto Flats State Game Refuge. This process is meant to help acclimate the bison to their new home before they are released into the wild.
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