Southeast Salmon Trollers Having Solid Season
Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg
Commercial salmon trollers in Southeast Alaska have seen a better catch this winter season.
Trollers have landed 12,700 king...
Escaped Prisoner Recaptured in Wasilla
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
School children in the Matanuska Susitna Borough were kept indoors Wednesday after a prisoner escaped from the Mat-Su...
Sheldon Jackson’s Major Creditor Forgives Loans
Robert Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka
Sitka’s Sheldon Jackson College is finally out of debt – almost.
Alaska Growth Capital is releasing the balance on loans...
ASEA Still Hoping to Organize UA Employees
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
A union attempting to organize a group of University of Alaska employees isn’t giving up. The Alaska State...
Icicle Seafoods Fined Nearly $6,000 for Violation
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
A Seattle-based fish processor has been slapped with a waste discharge violation by the Environmental Protection Agency. ...
Commercial Troller Payment Deadline Set
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
Commercial salmon trollers have until Feb. 25 to apply for money meant to offset a drop in king salmon...
Tulsequah Chief Mine May Be Back in Business
Vic Ishchenko, Canadian Broadcast Corps.
The Tulsequah Chief Mine, south of Atlin, may soon be back in business.
Its former president has teamed up with...
Shell Oil Faces Another Setback in Beaufort, Chukchi Seas
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
Shell Oil is facing another setback in its plans to drill exploratory wells off shore in the Beaufort...
Anchorage Teacher Arraigned on Multiple Counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
Monday, an Anchorage High School music teacher was arraigned on multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor...
Search and Rescue Team Successful Near Bering Sea
Shane Iverson, KYUK – Bethel
A search and rescue mission near the Bering Sea ended successfully when a missing traveler was found...
50 Teams Expected for Copper Basin 300 Race
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
Past champions Lance Mackey, Allen Moore and Mitch Seavy headline the field for this weekend’s Copper Basin 300...
Iditarod Qualifier Expected to Test Teams
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The Copper Basin 300 usually sets the stage for the sled dog racing season, and this year’s competitors...
No More Outages Reported in Savoonga
Laureli Kinneen, KNOM – Nome
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative officials report there have been no outages in Savoonga since Monday. They are currently...
Disaster Response Team Due to Assess Lingering Damage in Savoonga
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
It’s unclear if the disaster response team was able to fly out from Nome to Savoonga yet today,...
Lessons Learned During Outage, Says Sitka City Report
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
In October, Sitka residents lost electrical power after a tree took out the only line from the Blue Lake...
Port Graham considers fish and wood biomass options for power and heat
The village of Port Graham, on the Kenai Peninsula, is considering using biomass energy to generate electricity and heat. The University of North...
Normally soggy Bering Land Bridge area burning through warm, dry summer
Heavy bouts of lightning and warm weather have combined to cause fires in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve on the Seward Peninsula. ...
Boat sale forces Kodiak schools to seek new fuel transport services
The sale of the small coastal freighter "Lady Nina" has complicated the Kodiak Island Borough School District's delivery of heating fuel to its village...
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics: Day 1
Competition at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics kicked off today -- with the toe kick and the kneel jump. The one-arm reach finalists will compete...
Ted Stevens releases personal financial data amidst ethics questions
Senator Ted Stevens released official financial disclosure forms for himself and his wife today. Originally due out a month ago, Stevens got extensions so...