To provide youth anglers 15 years of age and younger additional opportunity to harvest king salmon returning to the Seward Lagoon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is extending the season of the Youth-Only fishery in Seward through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 16, 2023.

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on Thursday took aim at a threat to Alaska fishermen and the Alaska seafood industry, attempting to address the continued import of Russian seafood into the U.S., despite there being a prohibition in place.

The FBI arrested Christian David Burch, 37, of Minneapolis, MN, for multiple crimes aboard an aircraft to include interference with flight crew members and attendants, and simple assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction on June 24, 2023.

In a graduation ceremony in Sitka, 17 new law enforcement officers received their badges.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is liberalizing existing sport fishing regulations by increasing the sockeye salmon bag and possession limits to 12 fish per day and 12 fish in possession in the Resurrection River and adjacent salt waters of Resurrection Bay.

The ceremony celebrated the ship’s first season in service to Alaskans

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) Monday, joined the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in announcing over $1 billion in new funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for Alaska to build out the state’s broadband infrastructure to connect communities to high speed internet.

The Kenai City Council has established an annual tool allowance of $1,500 for employees at the City Shop who are required to furnish their own standard working tools as part of their position requirement.

Upper Cook Inlet Commercial Fishing Announcement No. 6 opens commercial salmon fishing with drift gillnets from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in the Expanded
Kasilof Section of the Upper Subdistrict only.