So far no reports of injuries in large fire that continues to burn at large, remote salmon processing plant on the Alaska Peninsula. One dock was cut away, and production facilities heavily damaged according to on-the-ground reports.
KDLG - Dillingham
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F/V Akutan’s sad, failed season in Bristol Bay
How a custom processor for a group of Bristol Bay drift boats ran late and ran out of money in 2017. The owner went broke, the fishermen lost their market, the crew was never paid, and for some ten days the troubled vessel and crew languished against their will in the Nushagak River. Liens piled up on the 130,000 lbs of frozen sockeye onboard as the captain steamed to Dutch Harbor for repairs.
Community centers in Dillingham provide places of welcome for the old and young
In downtown Dillingham, both the senior center and the Christian youth center are places to find food and fellowship with others.
Kodiak artist transforms junk metal into tentacled bracelets, nautical pendants
On the First Friday Art Walk this week, the Alutiiq Museum will feature a local artist who uses the Kodiak environment as inspiration for crafting jewelry. One of Nannette Foster’s most recent items is an octopus pendant hanging from a chain and clinging onto green beach glass.
Dillingham police arrest man allegedly dealing heroin from boat
Dillingham police arrested a man Saturday night who was allegedly dealing heroin from a boat in the harbor. Andrew “Weebee” Olsen, 29, was charged with one count of felony drug possession and one count of felony drug trafficking.
Beluga whale harvested near Dillingham Sunday evening
A beluga whale was harvested Sunday evening near Dillingham in what was the whole hunting party’s first time to take a beluga.