NTSB Releases Report On Deadly Soldotna Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report following the July 7 plane crash in Soldotna that killed all 10 people on board. It does not contain many new details.
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Moon Lake Wildfire Grows To 24,000 Acres
The Moon Lake wildfire in the eastern Interior made a large run Wednesday. The Alaska Division of Forestry reports that the fire 24 miles west of Tok, gained 3,200 acres along its northern perimeter. It’s now consumed over 24,000 acres. Ninety-three people are working the wildfire, which started by lightning back in late June. The nearby Tetlin Ridge and Billy Creek fires also grew Wednesday, as hot dry conditions and southeast winds fueled flames.
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Record-Setting Pink Run Hits Southeast
A huge and record-setting run of pink salmon is hitting Southeast Alaska this summer. The region’s purse seine fleet has been netting around 8 million pinks per opening in late July and early August. The overall catch for all of last season was around 21 million.
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35,000 Sockeye Caught In 1st 6 hours Of Snettisham Fishery
Fifty-thousand sockeye salmon is the early catch estimate for a 3-day gillnet opening at Port Snettisham and the Speel Arm near Juneau, with 35,000 of those fish caught in the first six hours.
The fishery is targeting sockeye salmon from the Snettisham Hatchery.
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Fauske To Concentrate On In-State LNG Line
The president of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation thinks the future of a small diameter natural gas pipeline in Alaska will be resolved, one way or the other, before his career ends.
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Dillingham Dock Damaged, Closed
A major point of entry for goods and services into the western part of Bristol Bay has been closed until further notice.
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Ketchikan Assembly Chooses Ferries Over Bridge Options
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly decided Monday to back off its longstanding endorsement of a bridge to Gravina Island, and instead opted to support improved ferry service.
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National Guard Cavalry Goes On ‘Spur Ride’ In Kenai
Every weekend across the country, service men and women in the National Guard fall in for training drills. Troops with the 1st Squadron 297th Cavalry did the same in Kenai recently, but this wasn’t an ordinary drill weekend.
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Alaska Plane Crash Preliminary Report Released
Investigators have released a preliminary report on a plane crash in Alaska that killed all 10 on board, saying no flight plan was filed.
Crow Pass Crossing Race Documentary
On July 27, 2013 Alaskans celebrated the 30th anniversary of the fabled Crow Pass Crossing. It is a 24 mile race in the backcountry of the Chugach State Park between Girdwood and Eagle River. It is completely unsupported - all you have are 8 required items and your fellow competitors to keep you alive.
A group of mountain runners want to document this race through a feature film for the 2014 race.
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AHFC Head Dan Fauske Steps Down
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation executive director Dan Fauske is stepping down. AHFC’s board announced Wednesday that Fauske resigned his post. In a statement released to the press, AHFC’s board chair Frank Roppel says the resignation was not unexpected, and has been accepted.
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Pebble Waits, Frustration Grows
Alaska's Congressional delegation has been urging the Pebble Partnership to submit its application for its Bristol Bay mine.
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Borough Mayor’s Communications To Redistricting Board Draws Criticism
A Matanuska Susitna Borough Assemblymember is criticizing the Borough mayor's communication with the state Redistricting Board. As KSKA's Ellen Lockyer reports, the matter made sparks fly at Tuesday nights 's Assembly meeting.
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Low Numbers Prompts Restrictions On Nelchina Caribou Hunts
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued an emergency order that will restrict hunters to harvesting Nelchina caribou bulls for most of the upcoming season in Game Management Unit 13. The low number of cows was a factor into the decision.
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State Issues Best Interest Finding On LNG Gas Line Right-Of-Way Application
The state has issued a best interest finding on a right of way lease application for a gas line to feed a North Slope LNG plant. The Department of Natural Resources Commissioner’s analysis and proposed decision is for Spectrum Energy’s 1,100 foot gas line. The public can weigh in on the lease proposal until Sept. 3.
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Wildfires Growing In Interior’s Dry, Windy Weather
Hot dry windy weather has caused growth of three big Interior wildfires. The Crater Lake fire, near the Yukon Flats village of Venetie, swelled by more than 850 acres. The human caused fire has burned more than 1,500 acres since it started on Sunday.
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Alaska Flights Delayed By Computer Breakdown
Flights to and from Alaska were among those affected by a recent international computer system breakdown.
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Polar Star Visits Juneau
The Arctic ice cap reached a new low a year ago. In just six months, 4.5 million square miles of Arctic Ocean ice melted, according to a 2012 report by the United Nations.While that may be hard to imagine, the commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star says Arctic ice was the lowest he’s ever seen in all his ice breaking trips to the region.
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‘Alaska Tracks’ Shares Tales Hunters, Trappers and Fishermen
A new book explores the life many come to Alaska for, but few live out. Alaska Tracks shares the tales of hunters, fishermen and trappers.
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Alaska, Canada Paddlers Link Two Metlakatlas
ix traditional canoes have retraced a historic Tsimshian route from British Columbia’s northern coast to southern Southeast Alaska.