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SEATTLE (AP) — Investigators are weighing icy conditions and heavy crab pots as they probe what caused a Seattle-based crab boat with six people aboard to sink in the Bering Sea. The U.S. Coast Guard Marine board heard testimony from more than 30 people this month in Seattle as it determines a probable cause of the Feb. 11 sinking. The Seattle Times says it will eventually develop a report including recommendations to reduce the risks of such accidents. The vessel Destination went missing off a remote Alaska island. Searchers found the s...
Ridge Contracting workers loaded 729 -1.5 yard bags of contaminated soil aboard the barge Alder O last weekend at the bulkhead below the old White Alice communications site in Duncan Canal. Soil was removed from the Air Force owned property about 2,400 feet up a mountain on Kupreanof Island, and taken down a 6-mile road to the beach. The soil will be transferred to an AML barge in Ketchikan and will be shipped to an Oregon disposal facility. The Alder O is a 178 x 50-foot steel barge, towed by the Harriet O, a 66.7-foot tug owned by Olson...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska master hunting guide has been charged with using assistants on snowmobiles to herd grizzly bears toward clients, making it easier for hunters to shoot the animals. Brian Simpson, 55, of Fairbanks, also is charged with guiding on a national preserve without a permit. Simpson’s company is Wittrock Outfitters-Alaska. Messages left with the business Thursday and Friday were not returned. Online court documents do not list his attorney. Simpson is charged with two counts of aiding in the commission of a state gam...
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Mental Health Trust and federal government have a bunch of work that needs to be done before a land swap approved last year can happen_ work that has to be completed within the next two years. KFSK-FM reported Thursday that the legislation set a two-year deadline on completing surveys, appraisals and other studies of the land. The federal government is giving the mental health trust about 31.3 square miles (81 square kilometers) of the Tongass National Forest near Ketchikan on Prince of Wales Island. W...
