Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving resident of Attu taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942, had empathy for his captors before his death last month.
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Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving person from Attu, has died
Golodoff was a young child in 1942 when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded his village in the western Aleutians.
Warming seas helped cause Alaska’s snow crab crash, scientists say
Alaska’s snow crab fishery has been closed since 2022 when regulators declared the population overfished.
Military responds after hunter finds large artillery shell in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
The shell was about 12 inches in diameter and four feet long.
Conservation group plans to sue federal government over deaths of orcas in trawl nets
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Lucrative Bristol Bay red king crab fishery to reopen after 2-year closure
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday morning that the lucrative crab fishery will open Oct. 15.