Patrick Einhellig, 32, of Dillingham arrived Friday at the Togiak airport, when troopers contacted him and they say he was allegedly carrying the heroin on him.
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Togiak herring fishing gets windy start
The Togiak herring fishery opened Sunday morning with a windy start. More than 30 mph gusts posed a challenge for fishermen during the state’s largest sac roe herring fishery.
No jail time for float plane pilot after buzzing gone wrong
The pilot won’t serve jail time, but must pay the state $25,000 and the family $6,100 in restitution. The judge expressed doubt that it would send the aviation community much of a message.
State-supplied MMR booster shot available to Alaska residents
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services now is offering a third dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Alaska residents looking for additional protection against mumps and who have received their second dose more than five years ago.
Dillingham-raised artist’s work draws attention to missing and murdered Alaska Native women
Alaska Native artist Amber Webb hand stitched an oversized kuspuk from white, cotton sheets she bought at a thrift store. In permanent marker, she drew the faces of more than a dozen Alaska Native women who have been murdered or are missing.
Maximum harvest reduced for Nushagak Peninsula federal subsistence caribou hunt
The Togiak National Wildlife Refuge announced last week that the Nushagak Peninsula federal subsistence caribou hunt will close when 218 caribou are taken, rather than the original maximum harvest limit of 300. So far, 23 caribou have been reported harvest.