Private equity group purchases PenAir assets
A New York-based private equity capital group that owns Ravn Air Group has purchased assets of PenAir, the vintage bush carrier than began in...
Murkowski votes against advancing Kavanaugh
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted today, Oct. 5, against moving ahead with confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.The vote was...
October is Alaska Seafood Month
Gov. Bill Walker has declared October as Alaska Seafood Month, and Oct. 25 as Commercial Fishing Day.The announcement comes from the Alaska Seafood Marketing...
Rescued whale Tyonek is growing up in Texas
Just a year after he was founded stranded and severely underweight on a mudflat in Cook Inlet, Tyonek is still taking his daily feedings...
Crewman missing near St. Matthew Island
A search for a man last seen aboard a fishing boat north of St. Matthew Island on Sept. 27 was suspended on Sept. 28...
Copper River silver harvest reaches 302,000 fish
In a last hurrah for 2018, commercial harvesters in the Copper River added another 2,000 cohos to their silver salmon catch, to bring their...
Goat hunt closes north of Valdez Arm
An emergency closure has ended registration permit mountain goat hunt RG249, in order to prevent unsustainable harvest.The hunt in game management unit 6D, in...
Five rescued near Tununak in Bethel region
Five people stranded on a boat without power four miles off the coast of Tununak in western Alaska were rescued on Sept. 29 by...
Grad student study focused on revival of razor clams
A graduate student intent on helping to revive the razor clam biomass that she grew up harvesting on the Kenai Peninsula is studying clam...
PWSRCAC hosts response training in Whittier
For the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council oil spill response training at Whittier is a community event.The PWSRCAC invited the whole community...