Salmonfest celebrates salmon and its habitat
Indigo Girls, the Grammy Award-winning folk rock duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, headline this year’s Salmonfest, Aug. 5-7 at Ninilchik, three days...
EPA, DOJ settle with oil refiners
A $25 million settlement has been reached with subsidiaries of Tesoro Corp. and Par Hawaii Refining to resolve Clean Air Act violations at refineries...
Oil, gas advisory post goes to industry official
John Hendrix, general manager of Apache Alaska, was named by Gov. Bill Walker on July 18 to be the state’s chief oil and gas...
Hollis French named to AOGCC
Former state senator Hollis French has been appointed to the three-member Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, with service to begin on July 25.The...
It’s official: 2 billionth salmon caught in Bristol Bay
The 2 billionth Bristol Bay salmon has been caught, but who caught it?Nobody knows for sure.As of July 11, the preliminary Bristol Bay salmon...
PWS harvest at 9.6 million
Commercial harvests of wild Alaska salmon more than doubled from July 4 through July 12, with deliveries to processors reaching 9.6 million salmon in...
Saint Paul offers tax incentive for crab deliveries
Sales taxes at Saint Paul are up to 3.5 percent, but the good news for crab harvesters willing to deliver their catch to the...
Alaska crab, salmon on Red Lobster menu
Bairdi crab legs, king crab legs, sockeye and coho salmon are back on the menu for the annual Crabfest at the national Red Lobster...
Fishermen rally to save sinking ship
Heather Burton had just gotten her newborn son to sleep when her husband, James, got the call — their boat, the F/V Cricket, was...
18.3 million salmon delivered to processors statewide
Wild Alaska salmon catches climbed to 18.3 million statewide by Independence Day, with the biggest increase coming in Bristol Bay, where harvesters were still...
