http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com Serving the Aleutians and the Pribilofs en-us 2012 Alaska Newspapers, Inc. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:01:42 CST 1440 http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/graphics/rss_dh.gif http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205nushagak_annexation_vote_set_for_april_10 http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205nushagak_annexation_vote_set_for_april_10 Dillingham voters will have a chance to give the proposed and approved annexation of the waters of the Nushagak Commercial Salmon District the thumbs up or down on April 10 following the Local Boundary Commission's approval of the move in mid-December. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205newspapers_founder_recalls_early_adventures http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205newspapers_founder_recalls_early_adventures The first edition of the Bristol BayTimes looked, according to its publisher, more like a counterculture newsletter than a newspaper. Handwritten artwork and a timeless story about the potential impact of an oil lease sale on the fishing industry were the foundation of the quot;oddballquot; production, produced by hand on an IBM typewriter, said the paper's founder, Fritz Johnson. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205no_more_er_shots_on_deadliest_catch http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205no_more_er_shots_on_deadliest_catch The Deadliest Catch's access to scenes of injured fishermen inside the local clinic has been cut off. The Iliuliuk Family and Health Services board of directors unanimously voted down a location release on Jan. 18 from Original Productions, the popular television show's producer. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205from_the_publisher_public_involvement_will_1 http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205from_the_publisher_public_involvement_will_1 This feels like deacute;jagrave; vu, at least for us it certainly seems like it. Here we are resurrecting a newspaper that stopped printing last August. The new and combined newspaper of The Bristol Bay Times and The Dutch Harbor Fisherman come back into print this week. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205lessons_in_community_journalism_taught_by http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205lessons_in_community_journalism_taught_by Years ago, I wrote a story about a 20-year-old pile of beige fluff named Bailey the Wonderdog. Bailey was a pretty normal dog, other than the fact that he had lived longer than most. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205tech_upgrade_in_southwest_on_a_roll http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205tech_upgrade_in_southwest_on_a_roll Southwest Alaska is logging on to Terra-Southwest's broadband Internet connection one step at a time, after two years of work and hundreds of miles of cable. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205tsunami_debris_a_declining_concern http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205tsunami_debris_a_declining_concern In Alaska's Southwest the consensus seems to be that until the seafaring public sees it rolling in on the tide, there won't be much concern over debris from last year's tsunami in Japan. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205rare_birds_brighten_winter_days http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205rare_birds_brighten_winter_days Unalaska is experiencing an exceptional showing of unusual birds this winter, and some of them are causing quite a stir! Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205grounded_vessel_baranof_back_at_work http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205grounded_vessel_baranof_back_at_work The Baranof has returned to the fishing grounds. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205ice_slows_snow_crab_season_1 http://www.thedutchharborfisherman.com/article/1205ice_slows_snow_crab_season_1 Sea ice is making for slow going for the snow crabbers. Their boats are tying up at Unalaska'a new boat harbor and crews are flying home thanks to ice clogging the fishing grounds west of the Pribilof Islands. Fri, 13 Dec 1901 14:45:52 CST