Emergency Order Allows Drift-Net Chum Fishing in New Section of Lower Yukon
![A fisherman stands inside a metal boat, filled with fish caught in autumn, bound for a buyer in Emmonak, Alaska.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2007-XX-XX-Delivering-fall-fish-to-buyer-in-Emmonak-1200x900.jpg)
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.
With Eagle Island Stripped of 2018 “Checkpoint” Status, Iditarod Teams Brace for 130-Mile Haul to Kaltag
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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.
Grayling Woman Awaits Hearing in Alleged June Arson
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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.
Wildfire Starts in Stebbins After Blaze Escapes Community Dump
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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.