Three days of derby fishing amounts to almost $44,000-dollars toward the Territorial Sportsmen Scholarship Fund.
Outdoors
Hass reels in derby’s biggest fish
After more than two days of trolling for salmon during the Golden North Salmon Derby, Jody Hass and her family were wrapping it up when one decided to bite.
Juneau’s skies may be clear for peak of meteor shower
Tonight is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
Southeast divers must travel far for emergency care
Scubua diving emergencies can no longer be treated at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. After more than 30 years, the facility discontinued its hyperbaric chamber program and recently removed the 13-foot chamber.
Gardentalk – Porcupines and seed collecting
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski explains it all.
35,000 sockeye caught in first six hours of Snettisham fishery
50,000 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.
How the Coast Guard’s ice breaker crushes through 21 feet of solid ice
The Arctic ice cap reached a new low in September 2012. In just six months last year, 4.5 million square miles of Arctic Ocean ice melted, according to a 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…
Mendenhall Lake, River see drop after high temperatures
As we move toward autumn, low pressure systems will begin to boot Juneau’s unusually warm and dry summer out of the way.
Wasted black bear washes ashore in Gastineau Channel
Male bear was shot several times, wrapped in a tarp, and tied to makeshift anchor weight before dumped in the water
Smoking ban postponed at AHFC senior housing
A smoking ban planned for state-subsidized senior public housing has been postponed. The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation was to implement no-smoking rules in residents’ apartments in August, forcing smokers outside. Now the corporation says it will re-evaluate the policy. “Who says you can’t fight city hall?” asks Ron Dean. He believes his petition helped agency…