The legislation was sponsored by all members of the city council except for city Mayor Brian Gabriel who had to recuse himself from the deliberation and vote for having participated in the fishery since 1987.

Measurements were taken the following day and estimates indicate that the total Upper Cook Inlet sockeye salmon run through July 24 is 3.7 million fish. The department projects the total UCI sockeye salmon run for 2022 to be 6.4 million fish.

Alaska State Troopers were dispatched to a report of a disturbance at 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday at the Copper River Seafood processing plant in Kenai.

Both were arrested and transported to the Homer Jail where they were remanded and held without bail.

Alaska Deputy Attorney General Cori Mills released the Department of Law’s opinion on whether publicly funded correspondence schools can pay for services from private schools.

Under current law, however, Alaska does not receive any revenue from the development of these resources, outside of the nearshore areas designated under Section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

$3,500 has been requested by the Borough Administration as well as the Central Emergency Service Area Board to cover the costs of informing the public of the needs and impacts associated with the proposition seeking voter approval for the issuance of bonds to pay for the project.

The city is hoping to transform the local economy through waterfront redevelopment.

No. 26 opens commercial fishing with drift gillnets in the Expanded Kenai, Expanded Kasilof, and Anchor Point sections of the Central District from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, and from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

The Coast Guard’s operations have expanded in the region because of an increase in activity and changing climate.