Brian Venua, KDLG - Dillingham
Kodiak dog tests positive for canine distemper
Kodiak Animal Shelter staff say the dog has been put down, with all other dogs put into quarantine and adoptions temporarily halted.
NTSB investigates midair collision over Katmai National Park
The plane’s pilot and passengers reported no injuries in the Monday collision, but the helicopter’s pilot was injured.
Bristol Bay fishers fear last year’s record sockeye haul could affect this season’s prices
Marketing agencies are working to sell frozen fish from some 60 million sockeye salmon harvested in Bristol Bay last year.
Chignik sockeye runs meet escapement goals for the first time since 2018 crash
It’s the first time the early sockeye run has met its minimum escapement since it collapsed in 2018.
Voyage from Homer to Bristol Bay commemorates fishery’s sailing tradition
The journey commemorates an iconic period in the fishery’s history, says the director of the Bristol Bay Historical Society Museum.
Everybody liked Mike: Manokotak remembers Yup’ik elder Mike Minista
Manokotak resident Mike Minista died of COVID-19 complications at the age of 66 in Anchorage in early December
Manokotak faces less subsistence hunting due to restricted caribou quota
Tribal leaders are worried that the hunting restrictions could threaten food security.
Hunting tourism in Alaska drops amid COVID-19 restrictions
ADF&G has sold just a quarter of the number of nonresident hunting licenses it usually sells.
Officials investigate suspected poaching after walrus deaths in Bristol Bay
USFWS is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information about the illegal killing of walruses in the Bristol Bay region.
200 missing caribou push managers to drastically limit season on Nushagak Peninsula
The restrictions are a stark reversal from last season, when managers liberalized hunting on the peninsula.