Alaska State News

The MV Tustumena is scheduled to make five chain runs between June and September, roughly the same schedule since the start/onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when sailings were cut in half.

Subsistence communities in Western Alaska ask for strict limits on the Bering Sea trawl fishery.

A 66-year-old Akutan man faces 10 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

The long-anticipated decision over pollock trawlers’ chum bycatch has seafood towns like Unalaska worried.

Challenges and setbacks have plagued the case for years, including COVID-19 restrictions, postponements due to Ruckman’s original defense attorney undergoing cancer treatment and an earlier judge overseeing the case recusing himself.

The retrial of a 2019 Unalaska crash that killed two teens began Monday, when the court considered new photos and videos discovered after a mistrial earlier this year.

New data shows the industry has lost more than a third of harvesting jobs over the past decade.

Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a land exchange agreement Thursday with King Cove’s Native corporation, making way for the controversial construction of what many consider to be a lifesaving stretch of road.

Some communities are turning to gardens and greenhouses to protect against shortages.

Bering Sea crabbers will see a boost in catch limits this season, after years of cancellations and small harvests due to low snow and king crab stocks.