Covid Case Rate In Alaska Rises Again

11% Increase Across Alaska; 67 People With COVID In Hospitals Nine Copper River people reported testing positive during the week of June 8th...

Klutina River Fireweed Festival, Saturday June 18th

 

Fire At Fish Lake Has Not Been Declared "Out" But Not A Current Threat

Copper Valley Fire At Fish Lake Is No Longer Producing Smoke  A lightning-caused fire is burning at Fish Lake. The fire covered 66 acres as ...

It's Fire Season. June 17th Is Anniversary Of The 1981 Wilson Camp Lightning Fire

Our Last Big Fire  REMEMBERING JUNE 17, 1981  In Wrangell-St. Elias Park Across The River, Massive Blaze Threatened To Jump The Copper  Only...

Anchorage Man Cited By Troopers In Chitina For Unlawful Taking Of Salmon

Proxy Dipnetting Without Beneficiary's Personal Use Dipnet Permit, Troopers Charge   Location: Chitina Type: Proxy fishing violation Dis...

23-Year-Old Wasilla Man Cited In Chitina For Dipnetting Without A Permit

Troopers Seize 48 Reds & 1 King  Location: Chitina Type: Dipnet without permit Dispatch Text: On 6/16/22, Sebastion Goettling, age 23 of...

Floor Sealant Looked Like Milk; Ended Up In Kids' School Breakfasts In Juneau

White Liquid Sealant & Milk Pouches Apparently Arrived On The Same Pallet  From: Glacier Valley School website in Juneau.  A Juneau elem...

Thirteen Local Copper Valley People Plus 12 Non-Locals Reported June 15th With Covid

 State Declares 2,452 New Counted Cases In A Week, Including 272 Tourist-Related Illnesses   Hot Spots Include Anchorage, Juneau, Homer, Kod...

Over 1,400 More People Died "Unexpectedly" In Alaska In 2021, Public Health Department Says

Correction: This headline originally said 1,400 people died unexpectedly in 2022, instead  of 2021, as the attached story shows. 

Small Plane Lands On 4th Avenue Near Lucky Wishbone. Nobody Hurt

Plane Runs Out Of Gas In Middle Of Busy Anchorage Highway  Ingra and 4th Avenue on Google Maps.  A small plane made an emergency landing in ...

Chamber Is Seeing More Summer Visitors In Copper Valley Than Last Year

 Highest Day So Far: 95 People Came To Glennallen's Visitor Center  Tok Says It's Increasing, Too  California travelers, in from Can...

"Lightning Holdover" Fire At Willow Mt. Declared "Out"

Alaska Interagency Coordination Center Reported A Tenth Of An Acre Wildfire  Called "Willow Mountain" Valdez/Copper River Forestry...

Two Men Caught Operating Dipnets Below Chitina Subdistrict Boundary, Fish & Wildlife Troopers Say

Two Wasilla Men Charged With Fishing In Closed Waters June 11th In Chitina   Location:   Chitina Type:  Fishing closed waters Dispatch Text:...

Home Of Brenda Tyone Burns Down On June 11th In Gulkana Village; Complete Loss

Benefit Planned For Next Friday, 6 PM  CVEA Temporarily Cut Off Power  Brenda Tyone home in Gulkana, June 11th, 2022 (Photo, Country Journal...

June 8th Update: 37 New COVID Cases In The Copper River Census Area

Copper Valley In Red Zone On Alaska Case Rate Map  Copper Valley Cases Have Been Going Up Every Week  Despite Home Testing & Less Monito...

DOT June 10th Construction Updates: Lake Louise, Richardson, Glenn, Tok Cutoff, McCarthy Road

  LAKE LOUISE ROAD RESURFACING   WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW   Crews are working on Lake Louise Road from 6:00am to 6:00pm, Monday through Saturda...

Troopers Charge DUI: Man Headed South On Tok Cutoff Blacked Out In Northbound Lane

Troopers Say Tok Driver Narrowly Missed Several Head-On Collisions Before Going Unconscious In Car; Multiple Charges Filed  Firearms Found, ...

Updates On Princess Lodges Around Alaska

Updates On Alaska's Princess Lodges  Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge (Photo, Princess website)  UPDATE: THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH  Cruis...


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