For the seventh year running, the Delta Junction Trails Association hosted a non-competitive Turkey Trot Saturday. This year we were happy to introduce the new River Walk Park Trails to a few more Delta residents and visitors.
The Cook Inlet Academy was in town for a Friday matchup with our hometown Huskies soccer team.
The holiday weekend did not slow down our Delta High School cross country team. Mil-Tan trail was home to many on Saturday for the 2021 Delta Invitational. Delta hosted 10 other teams from across the state, with nearly 80 athletes altogether. Junior varsity kicked off the invitational with 1…
The DHS Huskies volleyball season kicked off their home opener on Friday as the Lathrop Malamutes were in town. This was the first look that the hometown fans got to see how the junior varsity and the varsity girls teams would perform.
On August 21 the Delta Husky cross country team attended the Birch Hill Invitational in Fairbanks. While the rain kept the weather nice and cool, it did not slow the kids down as they tackled the two-loop trail that was full of challenging hills.
Coming off a weekend of cancelled games against Tri-Valley, Delta brought home a 2-0 win over Birchwood Thursday evening in a fierce rainstorm. Kaylee Vert and Jacob Karovnik each scored a goal against Birchwood.
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) has closed the DC485 Nelchina Caribou Hunt as of Tuesday night. The department says the harvest quota of 225 caribou for the hunt has been reached. ADF&G had indicated earlier hunts were likely to close this year by emergency order to …
When permits were issued for the Game Management (GMU) Unit 13 Nelchina Caribou Hunt, bag limits were listed as “to be announced” to allow the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) the opportunity to complete a summer census before setting bag limits. The survey was completed in Jul…
The federal subsistence hunt for the Fortymile Caribou herd opened Aug. 1 on federal lands in Game Management Units in Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F on Aug. 1 to provide opportunities for federal subsistence. The hunt is limited to federally qualified rural residents hunting on federal…
The Delta High School Huskies soccer team took the field on Friday evening to take on their rivals from Su-Valley.
The Chitina Personal Use Dip Net Fishery will open at 12:01 a.m. Thursday morning. The fishery will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Sunday night, June 13. Under the preliminary schedule, the fishery is to remain open through June 22. An update will be published by the Alaska Department of Fish …
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says lake fishing has been excellent with most of the local lakes in the area are ice-free and have been for the season with catchable rainbow trout and Arctic char. Stocking crews are working this week to stock the more remote lakes near Delta Junction…
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has published the preliminary schedule for the Copper River
Delta High School Baseball seniors were recognized Saturday at their last home game of the season. Players left to right are: Senior Tyler Hudgin with parents Andrew and Hannah, Senior Wes Hollenbeck with parents Crystal and Buckley, Senior Dustin Peterson with parents Becky and Randy.
Consado Sambora
DHS wrestlers competed over the weekend with Steven Warren and Gretchen Marchuk both taking third, and Madison Grapengeter taking second overall.
STAFF REPORT
The Delta Running Club hosted its first real, live race in almost 18 months on Tuesday to celebrate National Star Wars Day on May 4. The non-competitive, multi-sport event drew a large crowd of people participating on foot, on bikes, scooters and any other human powered mode of transportation.
The Delta High School Girls Softball team opened the 2021 season this past Saturday vs the Monroe Rams on a beautiful sunny spring day. The Huskies, behind strong pitching and hot bats, cruised past the Monroe Rams.
No, it’s not a mathematical brain teaser. Let me paint a clearer picture of the 10U state championship repeat!
“Great moments are born from great opportunity”
UPDATE:
The Delta Junction Junior High School Grizzly’s volleyball team played their final games of the season on Friday and Saturday.
The Valdez Buccaneers rolled into town on Friday to take on our hometown Huskies.
The sounds of balls bouncing, athletic shoes screeching, whistles blowing, and buzzers ringing welcomed about 150 fans to the first high school basketball game in a very long time. The only things that were missing was the smell of popcorn and the taste of a hot pretzel and hotdogs.
After what has virtually seemed like a day that would never arrive, Delta High School will once again be having live in-person basketball starting tonight at 5 p.m.
Delta's 12UA Hockey team has shown recent success with championships at the Palmer Hogwarts Tournament and the FairbanksFest Tournament. (Front row left to right) Justing Galicia, Clara Creviston, Brady Zachgo, Emily Ketschek (goalie), Evan Zachgo, Magnus Sanford. (Top row left to right) Coa…
Where will the fish go? Stocking plan open for comment
Delta Junction Trails Association hosted their Sixth Annual Turkey Trot on Saturday. Over 30 people braved the high winds on what was otherwise a beautiful November day to participate in the annual event. Amanda Trainor won the turkey at the end of the day.
Delta Running Club was started in 2018 under the name Delta Wind Runners on Facebook. Early in 2020 Jessica Fellman and Hilary Adams, the “who” behind Delta Running Club, began planning a summer full of running and racing opportunities for the community. With the onset of Covid-19, all race …
Due to safety concerns, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game is instituting a no-caribou-hunting corridor along a portion of the Taylor Highway for the Fourtymile Caribou Hunt in Unit 20E. Caribou hunting is no longer allowed within 100 feet from either side of the road, including the dr…
Delta Junction saw its first high school sports action last Thursday when high school coach, Hilary Adams, organized a race for the junior and senior high cross-country teams against the community. The race was organized because of restrictions on travel due to the coronavirus keeping school…
The National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on a proposal to align its regulations with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Sturgeon v. Frost. The proposed regulation would provide clarity regarding navigable waterways within national parklands in Alaska.
This Spring we have been blessed with an exceptional amount of snow. With the “hunker down” in place, we all want to go outside and explore the big outdoors that Delta Junction offers. Our trails will be vulnerable to damage, and we need to use them with care. Please keep in mind how your us…
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeing nominees for its Resource Advisory Council (RAC) from the general public, government, Native organizations, archaeological and historic organizations, recreation users, environmental organizations, energy and mineral development, and other BLM land users. The council consists of 15 Alaska residents who, through consensus, develop recommendations for public land management policy.
The DHS girls basketball team kicks off Friday action when they take on the North Pole Patriots at 9 a.m. Delta lost to Redington Thursday night 67-30. In other girls action, Galena beat Bethel 56-49 in the opening game of the tournament Thursday morning. Nome beat North Pole 50-39 in the no…
Delta High School senior Hailey Williams signed her letter of intent on Tuesday to attend Duke University in Durham, NC in the fall. Williams has been gaining the attention of several university sports programs around the country.
Effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, October 11, 2019, sport fishing for coho salmon in all flowing waters of the Delta Clearwater River drainage, including the Delta Clearwater Lake drainage, is closed. Additionally, only unbaited, single-hook, artificial lures may be used while fishing for other species.
The Delta girls have been getting lots of net time. No not basketball, but volleyball.
The Delta Girls Softball Association hosted their first annual Delta Sandlot Tournament for fast-pitch softball for 10U and 12U on July 20.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has increased the bag and possession limit for pink salmon to 12 fish per day and 24 fish in possession in the Valdez Terminal Harvest area through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, December 31. The increased limit is effective for all marine waters north…
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has released an emergency order changing the bag limit for the Nelchina Caribou Hunt in Game Management Unit 13 to one caribou of either sex this hunting season.
The daily bag and possession limit for the Upper Copper River Draining sport fishing limit for sockeye salmon has been increased to six fish for the remainder of the season. The change went into effect at midnight Friday night.
According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2019 the king salmon sport fishery in all flowing waters of the Tanana River drainage will be restricted to catch-and-release. King salmon caught may not be removed from the w…
Delta Junction Trails Association (DJTA), in partnership with the Salcha Delta Soil and Water Conservation District, is realigning three miles of the Bluff Cabin trail this summer. If you are using the trail, located off the Tanana Loop Extension, expect equipment working on this project. Us…
Dip netting on the Copper River in the Chitina Subdistrict will be open continuously thorough midnight on Sunday July 21 according to an emergency order issued by the Department of Fish & Game. The annual limit is 25 salmon for the head of household and 10 salmon for each dependent of th…
The U.S. Army Garrison Alaska has released its fall 2019 Recreation Maps for military training lands in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) for the period of Aug. 25 to Sept. 30 which covers the 2019 moose hunting season. As always, impact areas are closed. Restricted areas along the impact are…
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has released the initial two opening periods for the Chitina Personal Use Dipnet Fishery. The fishery will open Friday, June 7 at 12:01 a.m. for 72 hours ending Sunday June 9 at 11:59 p.m., and then reopen on Monday, June 10 at 12:01 a.m. through Sund…
Delta Junction Trails Association is beginning its 7th year. We have accomplished so much in a very short time! And could not have done so much without this community’s input, generous contributions, and backing. Corporate, Family and Individual DJTA membership and donations enable DJTA to r…
Good news regarding funding for trails programs in Alaska. In a response to an advocacy letter from the Interior Trails Preservation Coalition, based in Fairbanks, Rep. Grier Hopkins (D – Fairbanks) wrote that a subcommittee had restored funding for the Recreational Trails Program, the Land …
The Cook Inlet Academy was in town for a Friday matchup with our hometown Huskies soccer team.
The holiday weekend did not slow down our Delta High School cross country team. Mil-Tan trail was home to many on Saturday for the 2021 Delta Invitational. Delta hosted 10 other teams from across the state, with nearly 80 athletes altogether. Junior varsity kicked off the invitational with 1…
The DHS Huskies volleyball season kicked off their home opener on Friday as the Lathrop Malamutes were in town. This was the first look that the hometown fans got to see how the junior varsity and the varsity girls teams would perform.
On August 21 the Delta Husky cross country team attended the Birch Hill Invitational in Fairbanks. While the rain kept the weather nice and cool, it did not slow the kids down as they tackled the two-loop trail that was full of challenging hills.
Coming off a weekend of cancelled games against Tri-Valley, Delta brought home a 2-0 win over Birchwood Thursday evening in a fierce rainstorm. Kaylee Vert and Jacob Karovnik each scored a goal against Birchwood.
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) has closed the DC485 Nelchina Caribou Hunt as of Tuesday night. The department says the harvest quota of 225 caribou for the hunt has been reached. ADF&G had indicated earlier hunts were likely to close this year by emergency order to …
When permits were issued for the Game Management (GMU) Unit 13 Nelchina Caribou Hunt, bag limits were listed as “to be announced” to allow the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) the opportunity to complete a summer census before setting bag limits. The survey was completed in Jul…
The federal subsistence hunt for the Fortymile Caribou herd opened Aug. 1 on federal lands in Game Management Units in Units 20E, 25C and a portion of 20F on Aug. 1 to provide opportunities for federal subsistence. The hunt is limited to federally qualified rural residents hunting on federal…
The Delta High School Huskies soccer team took the field on Friday evening to take on their rivals from Su-Valley.
The Chitina Personal Use Dip Net Fishery will open at 12:01 a.m. Thursday morning. The fishery will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Sunday night, June 13. Under the preliminary schedule, the fishery is to remain open through June 22. An update will be published by the Alaska Department of Fish …
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says lake fishing has been excellent with most of the local lakes in the area are ice-free and have been for the season with catchable rainbow trout and Arctic char. Stocking crews are working this week to stock the more remote lakes near Delta Junction…
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has published the preliminary schedule for the Copper River
Delta High School Baseball seniors were recognized Saturday at their last home game of the season. Players left to right are: Senior Tyler Hudgin with parents Andrew and Hannah, Senior Wes Hollenbeck with parents Crystal and Buckley, Senior Dustin Peterson with parents Becky and Randy.
Consado Sambora
DHS wrestlers competed over the weekend with Steven Warren and Gretchen Marchuk both taking third, and Madison Grapengeter taking second overall.
STAFF REPORT
The Delta Running Club hosted its first real, live race in almost 18 months on Tuesday to celebrate National Star Wars Day on May 4. The non-competitive, multi-sport event drew a large crowd of people participating on foot, on bikes, scooters and any other human powered mode of transportation.
The Delta High School Girls Softball team opened the 2021 season this past Saturday vs the Monroe Rams on a beautiful sunny spring day. The Huskies, behind strong pitching and hot bats, cruised past the Monroe Rams.
No, it’s not a mathematical brain teaser. Let me paint a clearer picture of the 10U state championship repeat!
“Great moments are born from great opportunity”
UPDATE:
The Delta Junction Junior High School Grizzly’s volleyball team played their final games of the season on Friday and Saturday.
The Valdez Buccaneers rolled into town on Friday to take on our hometown Huskies.
The sounds of balls bouncing, athletic shoes screeching, whistles blowing, and buzzers ringing welcomed about 150 fans to the first high school basketball game in a very long time. The only things that were missing was the smell of popcorn and the taste of a hot pretzel and hotdogs.
After what has virtually seemed like a day that would never arrive, Delta High School will once again be having live in-person basketball starting tonight at 5 p.m.
Delta's 12UA Hockey team has shown recent success with championships at the Palmer Hogwarts Tournament and the FairbanksFest Tournament. (Front row left to right) Justing Galicia, Clara Creviston, Brady Zachgo, Emily Ketschek (goalie), Evan Zachgo, Magnus Sanford. (Top row left to right) Coa…
Where will the fish go? Stocking plan open for comment
Delta Junction Trails Association hosted their Sixth Annual Turkey Trot on Saturday. Over 30 people braved the high winds on what was otherwise a beautiful November day to participate in the annual event. Amanda Trainor won the turkey at the end of the day.
Delta Running Club was started in 2018 under the name Delta Wind Runners on Facebook. Early in 2020 Jessica Fellman and Hilary Adams, the “who” behind Delta Running Club, began planning a summer full of running and racing opportunities for the community. With the onset of Covid-19, all race …
Due to safety concerns, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game is instituting a no-caribou-hunting corridor along a portion of the Taylor Highway for the Fourtymile Caribou Hunt in Unit 20E. Caribou hunting is no longer allowed within 100 feet from either side of the road, including the dr…
Delta Junction saw its first high school sports action last Thursday when high school coach, Hilary Adams, organized a race for the junior and senior high cross-country teams against the community. The race was organized because of restrictions on travel due to the coronavirus keeping school…
The National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on a proposal to align its regulations with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Sturgeon v. Frost. The proposed regulation would provide clarity regarding navigable waterways within national parklands in Alaska.
This Spring we have been blessed with an exceptional amount of snow. With the “hunker down” in place, we all want to go outside and explore the big outdoors that Delta Junction offers. Our trails will be vulnerable to damage, and we need to use them with care. Please keep in mind how your us…
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeing nominees for its Resource Advisory Council (RAC) from the general public, government, Native organizations, archaeological and historic organizations, recreation users, environmental organizations, energy and mineral development, and other BLM land users. The council consists of 15 Alaska residents who, through consensus, develop recommendations for public land management policy.
The DHS girls basketball team kicks off Friday action when they take on the North Pole Patriots at 9 a.m. Delta lost to Redington Thursday night 67-30. In other girls action, Galena beat Bethel 56-49 in the opening game of the tournament Thursday morning. Nome beat North Pole 50-39 in the no…
Delta High School senior Hailey Williams signed her letter of intent on Tuesday to attend Duke University in Durham, NC in the fall. Williams has been gaining the attention of several university sports programs around the country.
Effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, October 11, 2019, sport fishing for coho salmon in all flowing waters of the Delta Clearwater River drainage, including the Delta Clearwater Lake drainage, is closed. Additionally, only unbaited, single-hook, artificial lures may be used while fishing for other species.
The Delta girls have been getting lots of net time. No not basketball, but volleyball.
The Delta Girls Softball Association hosted their first annual Delta Sandlot Tournament for fast-pitch softball for 10U and 12U on July 20.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has increased the bag and possession limit for pink salmon to 12 fish per day and 24 fish in possession in the Valdez Terminal Harvest area through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, December 31. The increased limit is effective for all marine waters north…
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has released an emergency order changing the bag limit for the Nelchina Caribou Hunt in Game Management Unit 13 to one caribou of either sex this hunting season.
The daily bag and possession limit for the Upper Copper River Draining sport fishing limit for sockeye salmon has been increased to six fish for the remainder of the season. The change went into effect at midnight Friday night.
According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, 2019 the king salmon sport fishery in all flowing waters of the Tanana River drainage will be restricted to catch-and-release. King salmon caught may not be removed from the w…
Delta Junction Trails Association (DJTA), in partnership with the Salcha Delta Soil and Water Conservation District, is realigning three miles of the Bluff Cabin trail this summer. If you are using the trail, located off the Tanana Loop Extension, expect equipment working on this project. Us…
Dip netting on the Copper River in the Chitina Subdistrict will be open continuously thorough midnight on Sunday July 21 according to an emergency order issued by the Department of Fish & Game. The annual limit is 25 salmon for the head of household and 10 salmon for each dependent of th…
The U.S. Army Garrison Alaska has released its fall 2019 Recreation Maps for military training lands in the Donnelly Training Area (DTA) for the period of Aug. 25 to Sept. 30 which covers the 2019 moose hunting season. As always, impact areas are closed. Restricted areas along the impact are…
The Alaska Department of Fish & Game has released the initial two opening periods for the Chitina Personal Use Dipnet Fishery. The fishery will open Friday, June 7 at 12:01 a.m. for 72 hours ending Sunday June 9 at 11:59 p.m., and then reopen on Monday, June 10 at 12:01 a.m. through Sund…
Delta Junction Trails Association is beginning its 7th year. We have accomplished so much in a very short time! And could not have done so much without this community’s input, generous contributions, and backing. Corporate, Family and Individual DJTA membership and donations enable DJTA to r…
Good news regarding funding for trails programs in Alaska. In a response to an advocacy letter from the Interior Trails Preservation Coalition, based in Fairbanks, Rep. Grier Hopkins (D – Fairbanks) wrote that a subcommittee had restored funding for the Recreational Trails Program, the Land …
The Delta Junction Trails Association (DJTA) hosted their annual Celebrate the Sun gathering at Quartz Lake on March 9. Around 75 people stopped by the DJTA rented cabin to sign in to the free event and to grab some hot cocoa and cookies before exploring the lake. Folks enjoyed activities su…
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