A disagreement over allowing "The Deadliest Catch" access to shoot emergency room scenes led one Unalaska hospital board member to call show producers "snakes in the grass."
While 47 snow crab boats are registered, only 20 were fishing with the rest standing down because of what looks like the worst season for Bering Sea ice in 30 years.
Jim Paulin | Dutch Harbor Fisherman
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Feb 3, 2012
Rural Alaska - News and Current Events on Rural Alaska
As the debate rages over the proposed Pebble Mine's potential effect on Bristol Bay salmon fisheries, Don Young and the House Natural Resources committee will vote Wednesday on an amendment that could open Bristol Bay to offshore oil and gas lease sales as early as 2013.
"If we expect our dogs to keep working for us in spite of the weather, we must be prepared for everything that Mother Nature dishes out to us." -- Jayne Hempstead, dog musher and owner of Cantwell Veterinary Services.
Eight days after leaving a huge fuel load in Nome and getting underway for warmer climes, a Russian-flagged tanker and her coast guard escort sailed out of the Bering Sea’s ice pack into open water.
Addressing the many factors contributing to rural Alaska's high suicide rates -- substance and sexual abuse, depression, lack of employment -- is an overwhelming task. But all factors must be considered.
Mini-documentaries created by the First Alaskans Institute aim to get you thinking about how to overcome racism and claim your rightful place in the world.
After a massive snowstorm slammed the coastal town of Cordova, Copper River Seafoods is busy cleaning up the mess, from repairing warehouses to fixing boats.
