King Cove News

Salmon fishermen at Bristol Bay were bracing for another surge of reds over the July 4 weekend -- and likely more catch limits.

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules crew sighted a Kodiak-based fishing vessel illegally fishing approximately 24 miles south of King Cove Monday morning in the Clubbing Rocks No Transit Zone engaged in halibut fishing.

A federal council edging toward a five-year review of the controversial plan that privatized the multi-million dollar crab fisheries gathered additional testimony June 6-7 in Anchorage in support of and opposition to the program.

Lately, however, the borough's relationship with MMS has become strained, raising the possibility that a friend might turn against the controversial Lease Sale 214.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 17, 2009, a son, Brody Tyler Hommel, weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces, to Amber and Kyle Hommel, of Wrangell.

A MODERATE earthquake measuring 5.6 hit the Alaska Peninsula late on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the US government said.

The Port of Dutch Harbor is facing revenue shortfalls that could negatively impact the overall city budget.

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, last week voted for one of the largest wilderness preservation bills to come before Congress.

Not a mega-project, like the 'bridge to nowhere' that won fame as the earmark Gov.

The House of Representatives passed a sweeping public lands bill that will allow planning to begin for a 25-mile gravel road through a wildlife refuge in a remote community on the Alaska Peninsula.

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March 19, 2009 - Community leaders from King Cove, Alaska and the Aleutians East Borough are lauding the Alaska Delegation and Governor Sarah Palin as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote, as early as today, on the Alaska Peninsula Refuge Enhancement Act, part of the Omnibus Public Lands Package .

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Jon Cardwell recently joined Sovereign Grace Baptist Church at 5440 Alabama 202 as its new pastor.

Washington, D.C. - The Alaska Congressional Delegation is pleased to announce the following grants awarded to communities in the State of Alaska: U.S. Department of Agriculture $113,288 to the Gulkana Village ...

Residents of King Cove on the Alaska Peninsula say they are a step closer to building a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to connect them to the all-weather airport at Cold Bay, but construction is ...

The Omnibus Public Lands Management bill passed in the U.S. Senate Thursday . A The bill now goes to the House of Representatives.

An oil industry supply boat sank near an offshore platform in icy Cook Inlet today after it began taking on water in the early morning hours.

The Senate has approved a bill setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness.

First there was the "Bridge to Nowhere." Now Congress appears set to approve another remote Alaska project that critics call the "road to nowhere." Tucked away in a giant public lands bill that could reach a ...