Sabine Poux
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Jay Barrett in the KYUK-Bethel newsroom in 1996. (Photo: Martha Scott/KDLL) By Sabine Poux | KDLL Veteran Alaska journalist and KBBI news director Laurence Jay Barrett died Thursday, March 17, at his home in Homer. He was 60. If you’ve ever turned on a radio in Alaska, there’s a good chance you’ve heard Jay Barrett’s … -
Brian Mattson, with the 396 pound halibut caught near Petersburg. (photo/Abbey Collins) By SABINE POUX – Kenai Regulations for halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row. The bodies regulating halibut fishing in Alaska relaxed restrictions on the fleet to again make fishing more appealing to Alaska anglers amid the pandemic. … -
May 5, 2021 by Sabine Poux, KDLL – Kenai Map showing differences between the last and current 30-year averages. (National Weather Service Alaska Region) Every 10 years, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration analyzes data from its thousands of weather stations and releases new climate “normals,” providing temperature touchstones for any given day or month of the year. … -
March 16, 2021 by Sabine Poux, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Kenai Hilcorp purchased several blocks of federal leases in Cook Inlet in 2017. Hilcorp bought several federal leases in a 2017 sale. The company’s now seeking a permit to conduct geohazard surveys on some of those leases. (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) Before it can even think … -
January 25, 2021 by Sabine Poux, KDLL – Kenai Upper Cook Inlet fishermen should expect another below-average sockeye run this year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts a return of 4,370,000 sockeye to Upper Cook Inlet in 2021, according to a report released Friday. Brian Marston, Fish and Game’s area manager for Upper Cook Inlet commercial … -
by Sabine Poux–KDLL District O Sen. Peter Micciche prefiled SB 29 Friday. The 32nd legislative sessions starts next week. Soldotna Republican Sen. Peter Micciche is again moving to establish a buyback program for set-net permits in Cook Inlet. The program would reduce the number of commercial set-net fishermen on the east side of the inlet. …
