Posts Tagged ‘Grayling’
Emergency Order Allows Drift-Net Chum Fishing in New Section of Lower Yukon
After low king counts continued this summer, the Alaska Board of Fisheries granted an emergency-status petition from some Lower Yukon communities allowing the use of drift-net fishing in addition to set-net.
Read MoreWith Eagle Island Stripped of 2018 “Checkpoint” Status, Iditarod Teams Brace for 130-Mile Haul to Kaltag
It wouldn’t be Iditarod without a little weather. And this year, that’s caused a critical checkpoint to all but shut down, forcing top teams to adapt their run-rest strategies amid the long, flat slog up the Yukon River.
Read MoreGrayling Woman Awaits Hearing in Alleged June Arson
Alaska State Troopers in Aniak arrested Tiffany Ann Maillelle of Grayling on June 23rd on seven charges: attempted arson, two counts of assault in the third degree, and four counts of assault in the fourth degree.
Read MoreWildfire Starts in Stebbins After Blaze Escapes Community Dump
Beth Ipsen, spokesperson for the BLM Alaska Fire Service, says the fire became their priority when already-burning debris in the dump went rogue around 9:30 Friday night. By Tuesday morning, she says, the six emergency firefighters from a Grayling crew had finished mopping up the fire that escaped the dump.
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