Copper River Country Journal And Northcountry News

Emergency Repairs Underway At Mile 63.6 Glenn Highway As Matanuska River Eats Away The Road

THE LONG ROAD HOME Update: July 1st Department of Transportation Repairs on Glenn Highway Along Matanuska River (Photo, DOT) DOT Says Crew...

Denali National Park Evacuated, Visitor Facilities Closed Due To Fast-Growing Fire Near Park Entrance

DENALI PARK FIRE Fire Grew To Over 300 Acres In Only A Few Hours Sunday Afternoon, June 30th, 2024 Fire Jumpers & Water-Dropping Airc...

Closure On Sport & Subsistence King Fishing: Upper Copper & Tributaries June 29th, 2024

BOTH SPORT & SUBSISTENCE COPPER RIVER KING FISHERIES CLOSED UPPER COPPER RIVER DRAINAGE & TRIBUTARIES AFFECTED Chitina. (Photo, Co...

High Fire Danger June 26th, 2024

Copper River EMS Says Ambulance Service Will Continue After July 1st

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM COPPER RIVER EMS MONDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2024 THERE WILL BE AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR ENTIRE COPPER VALLEY STARTING JULY 1ST ...

Community Chair Discusses Tribal Police Oversight Issues In Greater Sutton

LETTER TO THE COUNTRY JOURNAL Sutton Community Council Chair Speaks About Oversight, Issues Of Chickaloon Tribal Police On May 3rd, the Co...

Pick Up Your Subsistence Fishing Permit For Kennecott-McCarthy

Additional Subsistence Fishing Permit Events Announced for the Kennecott-McCarthy Area NOTICE FROM NPS, MONDAY JUNE 24, 2024 Copper Rive...

Gulkana River Sport Fishing Guide Cited For Failing To Display Current Annual Sticker

Troopers Say Guide Should Have Had Updated Sticker On His Boat Decal Location: Gulkana River Type: Sport Fish Guide violation Dispatch T...

Delta Junction Man Cited For Failing To Record Salmon At Chitina

Dipnetter Charged, Troopers Say Location: Chitina Dispatch Text: On 6/22/24, John Budnik, age 20 of Delta Junction, was cited for failin...

On Our Own. As Copper Valley Gets Ready To Join The "Ambulance Desert" – A Look At What To Expect

COPPER RIVER COUNTRY JOURNAL "Ambulance Deserts" Exist In Rural Communities Around America Down South, A 30-Minute Wait For A...

Feds Ask You To Be Aware That Copper River Kings Are In Trouble This Year

WANT TO HELP? Please Release Copper River Kings

Meet Your Neighbor: Neil Hannan Of Kenny Lake Talks Of His Efforts In Vietnam

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43-Year Old From Copper Center Arrested For Domestic Assault Disturbance, Troopers Say

Troopers Say Alcohol Was A Factor Location: Copper Center Type: Disturbance Dispatch Text: On 6/16/24 at approximately 0620 hours, Al...

Ten City Residents Snagged By Troopers In Chitina For Salmon Recording Violations

WEEKEND CATCH Troopers Say 10 Men From Anchorage, Fairbanks, And Palmer Failed To Record Their Personal Use Salmon On Chitina Dipnet Permit...

24,000 Acre Fire Southeast Of Fairbanks Across River From Harding Lake & Richardson Highway

Water scoopers, more firefighters mobilizing to protect cabins from McDonald Fire southeast of Fairbanks BY BLM ALASKA FIRE SERVICE on...

Celebration of Life For Smokey Carry on Saturday June 22 at 5 pm At Trapper's Den

Potluck And Memories

On Lonely Wyoming Mountain Road, Mudslide & Road Cracks Turn Into Major Catastrophe

SHADES OF LONG LAKE HILL THE SIGHT WE NEVER WANT TO SEE Large Crack In Road Turns Into Massive Landslide Teton Pass Highway Was Major Ro...

CRNA Offers Free Emergency Training For Disasters; July 10th, All Day Long

Boardwalks Finished Between O'Brien And Eskilida Creeks In Chitina, Says DOT

COPPER RIVER COMMUNITY NOTICE FROM DOT June 7, 2024 Boardwalks have been built between O'Brien Creek and Eskilida Creek to allow traffi...

"Bridges" To Span Sensitive Cultural Areas At O'Brien Creek Fishing Access. Ryan Anderson Explains Situation.

New Rules For This Year's Copper River Dipnetting Season By Ryan Anderson, Commissioner of DOT and Doug Vincent-Lang, Commissioner of ...

Life In Kenny Lake In 1947. By Gwynne May Jones

THE EARLY DAYS What Was It Like Living In Kenny Lake? An original tale given to the Copper River Country Journal in 2004 by Corrie Lynne ...