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Greetings from Northern Journal headquarters — also known as my couch, here at home in Airport Heights. I'm just back from an amazing reporting trip to Kodiak. I'd been there twice before, each time briefly to cover the biennial Fish Debate, but this trip was longer. In addition to my time in Kodiak city, I spent a few days in the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq villages of Ouzinkie and Old Harbor, talking to residents about their access to the island's commercial fisheries. Fourth of July in Old Harbor is not an event to be missed; while you'll have to wait a few months for the full story, I can share that I was victorious in the hill race and the sack race (my closest rival face planted about 10 yards from the finish), while I got smoked in the hula hoop-off.
Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola will be absent from House floor to prepare fish for winter storage
Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) will not be in attendance for House votes this week, so she can prepare fish for her family. “This week, Representative Peltola will be in the state putting up fish with family to fill freezers for the winter. Mary’s family—as well as her late husband’s family—relies in part on her for…
Metlakatla seiner sinks near Canoe Cove
A 52-foot seiner, the Jaci Grace, sank on June 30, just south of Metlakatla. The Jaci Grace was on its second set of the fishing season and the crew were hauling gear near Canoe Cove, about a mile from the western shore of Annette Island. That’s when the boat’s captain, Josh Marsden, noticed the boat was sitting lower in the water than usual.
Police shoot and critically injure man near East Anchorage gas station
Anchorage police shot and critically wounded a man in East Anchorage early Monday after they say he fired at them. The man is the fifth person shot by Anchorage officers during a police response since mid-May. Three of those people have died. The most recent shooting happened around 5:15 a.m....
AST Nabs Motorcyclist After High Speed Pursuit
Alaska State Troopers engaged in a high-speed pursuit along the Sterling Highway over the weekend, apprehending a speeding motorcyclist after a nearly 20-mile chase on Thursday, July 5th. According to the AST dispatch on the incident, on Friday, around 2:30 p.m., Troopers attempted to stop 36-year-old Tanner Geiser of Soldotna,...
Ostanik signs first player in new tenure
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) -News for Nanook Nation as new Men’s Basketball Coach Frank Ostanik signs the first player in his new tenure with the team. 6 foot 6 guard Jalai O’Keith signs to the Nooks after spending the last season at East Los Angeles Community College. The Huskies are known from the hit show Last Chance University.
Bristol Bay deckhand, 21, is dragged over by net and drowns
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A commercial fishing crewmember in Western Alaska died Friday after he was swept up in fishing gear and taken into the water, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Have you listened to this article via the audio player?. If so, send us your feedback around what...
Alaska's rationale for hunting to control grizzly populations makes no sense | Leggett
Alaska wildlife officials, normally so careful with grizzly bear numbers and hunting mortality, have done something that seems harsh and unwise. In an effort to revive the famed Mulchatna caribou herd, the department has shot and killed as many as 175 grizzlies, including cubs, along with various wolves and black bears. The grizzlies were killed mostly by being shot from helicopters and airplanes, something we’ve done here in Texas with coyotes as ranchers try to protect sheep and goats.
Anchorage Wolverines to move into Sullivan Arena
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage’s junior hockey team is moving into the Sullivan Arena, team officials said Monday. In a press conference held at ice level of the spacious 6,290-seat arena, the Anchorage Wolverines announced the team would be using the place as its official home venue starting this fall.
Parayko Hockey Camp begins July 9th
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) -Nanook alumni and St. Louis Blues defenseman Colton Parayko is coming back up to Fairbanks for the Parayko Hockey Camp at the Patty Center from July 9 to July 11. There will be four age groups, Group A will be ages 13 to 14 and they will...
Soldotna man who charged officers with harpoon shot, killed by state troopers, authorities say
KASILOF, Alaska (KTUU) - A Soldotna man who charged responding officers with a harpoon was shot and killed early Monday morning by an Alaska State Trooper, according to authorities with the agency. Troopers said in a dispatch that officers were called shortly before 12:30 a.m. Monday to reports of a...
7/8-12 Summer Drive lineup!
Dessert Auction ~ Remote Broadcasts ~ New & Pop-up Premiums ~ Special Guests ~ Challenge Grants ~ Live Music. North Douglas Chocolate Cake & Fiddlehead cookbook, Deb Marshall. Homemade Cream Puffs with Chocolate Ganache, Leigh Horner. THURSDAY 7/11. Skagway Remote Broadcast Booth. Red Onion Courtyard. 2-8pm* *Live music: Jerry at...
Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point
The melting of one of North America’s largest ice fields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That’s the conclusion of new research colleagues and I have published on the Juneau Icefield, which straddles the Alaska-Canada border near the Alaskan capital of Juneau. In the...
UAF invites people to take a wildfire walk
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate a new interpretive trail July 11 at the 2021 Yankovich Road Fire site, where 3.5 acres burned within 100 yards of a neighborhood. The Wildfire Walk educates visitors about the fire site through nine interpretive signs describing the relationship between wildfire and the...
An Alaska tourist spot will vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Each year, a crush of tourists arrives in Alaska’s capital city on cruise ships to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over Juneau’s tourism boom are coming to a head over a new voter initiative aimed at giving residents a respite from the influx.
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