Tag Archives: King Cove

  Alaska’s first and most lucrative herring fishery at Sitka Sound is not likely to open for the second year in a row, and for only the second time in the fishery’s nearly 45-year history. Small fish and a weak market are to blame. Meanwhile, farther north, the Norton Sound winter crab fishery opened last weekend, but nobody showed up …

Caribou. (Photo by Bering Land Bridge National Preserve / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak / Aleutians Subsistence Regional Advisory Council wrapped up its meeting in Kodiak last week. The council steps in when it comes to subsistence issues like one that a small community in the Aleutians East Borough was experiencing. Some residents in False Pass wanted access to hunting …

Rosanne Wilson. Courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum has a new assistant director to help out its executive director with daily operations and be her “other hand.” Rosanne Wilson is a lifelong Alaskan from the southwest community of King Cove and comes to the museum with a background in business and human resources. She’s worked in …

Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB The Aleutian East Borough has hired a new administrator, and he’s someone Kodiak residents know well. Rick Gifford, who left his job as Kodiak Island Borough Manager after seven years, took over the job for Aleutians East last month. He will stay in Anchorage while administering the borough, which includes Akutan, False Pass, Cold Bay, Nelson Lagoon, King …