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Cheney Lake in Winter

BOB HALLINEN / Anchorage Daily News
Rebekah Loeffler, a student in Leska Beikircher's 6th and 7th grade class at Anchorage Waldorf School skates at Cheney Lake under the direction of movement teacher Laura Thorpe on Wednesday, January 23, 2013. The students get out two times a week for skating, hockey and skiing. 130123

Winter activity at Cheney Lake in east Anchorage.

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Ray Troll art installed at Fish Hatchery

Ray Troll's art work River Duet I and River Duet II are installed by Marvin Woodworks at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery.
ALASKA FISHING

Flooding's impact on salmon tough to predict

It will be years before we know how -- or even if -- the recent flooding and high waters will affect Alaska's salmon, but the potential for fewer fish in the future exists, said Bob Clark, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's chief scientist for sport fish.
CRIME

Alaska guide fined for smuggled mammoth tusk

A river guide has been fined $30,000 for helping a client smuggle a 10,000-year-old mammoth fossil out of Alaska.
COMMERICAL FISHING

Commerce secretary declares Alaska salmon disaster

King salmon fisheries in major Alaska watersheds have been declared failures by the U.S. Department of Commerce, making commercial fishermen eligible for disaster relief.
ALASKA FISHING

New Fairbanks fish hatchery reports successful operations

The new fish hatchery in Fairbanks had a rocky start, but now things are said to be running smoothly.
ALASKA FISHING REPORT

A season of unpredictability is rapidly coming to an end

This is my last fishing report of the season, and a strange season it has been. The weather has been unseasonable all summer, and lots of fish were late, while others never showed at all. In 40-plus of years of fishing in Alaska, I've never seen such unpredictability.
ALASKA FISHING

264-pound halibut lands angler $15,000 in Valdez derby

A 264-pound halibut caught by Calvin Carr of North Pole claimed the $15,000 grand prize Sunday as the Valdez Halibut Derby came to a close. Carr landed the fish Aug. 26th.
ALASKA FISHING REPORT

Why go anywhere else? Trout fishing can't be beat

A friend called last week to ask if I could recommend gear and flies for trout in Montana. He told me all about some phenomenal river he planned to fish. Naturally I had to ask why he was leaving Alaska to go fishing now.
ALASKA FISHING REPORT

Angling season's sweet spot has arrived

Summer visitors are gone, and traffic on Southcentral highways is easing after dipnet season. But the big halibut are just starting to show up, the late-run silvers are still out in the ocean and the best of the trout fishing is ahead. Yard work will have to wait.
ALASKA FISHING

Seward man lands $10,000 for a coho

A Seward resident held on to win this year's Seward Silver Salmon Derby with a 16.14-pound coho. Earl Cagle, 69, topped the leader board with the biggest fish, Derby organizers said Sunday evening. First place in the derby is worth $10,000.