The following is courtesy of the U.S. Department of the Interior: Alaska Day: Celebrating Alaska’s Transfer from Russia October 18 is Alaska Day, the annual celebration of the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States. When the initial purchase...
The above video clip features a preview to tonight’s season opener of Gold Rush. Former ASJ cover subject Parker Schnabel and fellow miner Todd Hoffman will square off this season. Here’s Discovery Channel with more: The gold miners of Discovery’s #1-rated show GOLD...
It’s a busy time for our friends at the Discovery Channel, which is beginning new seasons of several of its popular Alaska-based series (look for a couple stories in our November issue). I had a chance to get a sneak preview...
Since the President Donald Trump-led Environmental Protection Agency has suggested it will allow the mining of Bristol Bay after the Obama-era EPA thought twice about it given the region’s ecosystem as one of the planet’s most critical salmon watersheds, the battle...
Congrats to Idaho’s Sam Mills, who brought home a cool $15,000 and change for winning the recently concluded Homer Halibut derby. Here’s more from our friends at the Homer Chamber of Commerce: The 2017 Jackpot winner is Sam Mills of St....
Is the above moose harvested a possible world record? Alaskan Israel Payton took this bull that measured a whopping 80 inches. KTUU’s Kari Bustamante has more: This week Alaska’s Israel Payton brought home what is believed to be a world record...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZb8kIUgGd1/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=ab680d3e94254018b7b1284ad557fe5c&uid=3301792207&nid=244+276893704 Our pal, Alaskan hockey player Nate Thompson, joined his new teammates from the Ottawa Senators on Prince Edward Island for a quick fishing trip as hockey season approaches. The Senators are playing a preseason game in P.E.I. this week, where...
Driver hits moose: 300 pound carcass donated to #Haines school lunch program #HBSD #Alaska https://t.co/cwBO4HLbpE pic.twitter.com/h2z32y6aZM — Sidney Sullivan (@SidneyFSullivan) September 22, 2017 That’s a wonderful way to turn a tragic accident into a good cause, as the meat from the...
