1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (541+ words) Spring is one of Christine Gabriele's favorite times of year. She spends her days in and around Glacier Bay National Park, watching as the area's humpback whales return after wintering overseas. "It's like taking attendance and seeing your old friends,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (582+ words) Chucky Panitchaiq Hopson II had been whaling for about a month before he landed one this spring. He captains one of the eight boats that worked together to catch the first whale of the season last weekend. "I told my…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (743+ words) For years, the regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska were confusing. Many thought hunters must be at least one-quarter Alaska Native and belong to a coastal tribe. But a recent opinion from the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service confirms…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1742+ words) Rural Alaska has long struggled with an abundance of stray and loose dogs and high rates of dog bites, with young children as the most frequent victims. Pending state and federal legislation aims to chip away at that problem by…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (783+ words) There's a part of Chanshtnu Muldoon Park in East Anchorage that locals can let their dogs roam off leash and even a separate park just for smaller dogs. But in February, Brad Muir, natural resources manager for Anchorage's Park and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (585+ words) An Alaska Superior Court judge in Anchorage has given the state of Alaska permission to shoot bears in Southwest Alaska as part of a plan to boost a local caribou herd. In a 22-page order, Judge Adolf Zeman said a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (580+ words) Would you spend your Saturday morning scooping dog poop? For one Anchorage couple, a recent dog park cleanup became an opportunity for a daytime date. They often stroll through University Lake Park, a popular off-leash dog park, but this time…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (737+ words) With the Alaska Department of Fish and Game poised to start culling bears in a program to boost the population of a depleted caribou herd, critics have asked a state judge to block the program before the shooting begins. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (760+ words) PALMER " Matanuska-Susitna Borough officials say they plan to hire an outside investigator within the week to conduct a full review of Mat-Su's animal enforcement actions related to the recent deaths of 25 dogs on a property in the Caswell Lakes area....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (550+ words) Several caribou herds in Alaska's Arctic are on the decline. That now includes the Porcupine herd, which is the largest. Biologists say the reasons for the downward trends are hard to pin down. Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced…...