Ketchikan reinstates its police chief after felony assault charge is dropped
Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls returned to work Aug. 22.
Quinhagak’s museum has the world’s largest collection of Yup’ik artifacts, and archeologists keep finding more
This year alone they found five complete masks, new arrowheads, spoons, stick dolls, ivory earrings, ulus and more.
After surprise eviction notice, residents of a Soldotna trailer park are wondering what’s next
“There’s no need for these people to become homeless, and that’s what’s gonna happen to the majority of them,” said longtime resident Daniel Lynch.
More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why.
The pilot shortage and changing economics are to blame for legacy airlines departing regional airports.
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy replaces budget director
Neil Steininger was replaced by Lacey Sanders, formerly administrative services director for the state education department.
Alaska watches, nervously, as Ukraine war pushes more Russian oil through Bering Strait
While the ships are free to pass through the Bering Strait, its 55-mile width means that any spills would be likely to drift toward Alaska communities.
Leo the cat, missing since Juneau’s record flood, is safe
After escaping the house that tumbled into the river and then spending weeks in the woods, somehow Leo is in pretty good shape.
University of Alaska system boasts overall enrollment growth after financial challenges
The news of overall 4.7% growth systemwide comes after a five-year downward trend in student enrollment.
After burying Marshall mother, friends and family ask why it took so long to find her
Kimberly Fitka O’Domin was buried in early August, almost two months after she went missing.
Sitka’s tourism boom has brought a staggering increase in cigarette butts
What started as a community cleanup has become a legitimate scientific study.
Oil and gas companies have outsized economic impact on Alaska, says industry study
The study found that oil and gas employment, spending, tax revenues and spinoff effects supported 16% of the state’s jobs in 2022.
Alaska ACLU sues state Department of Corrections over suicide deaths in jail
According to the ACLU, 18 people died in DOC custody last year, the most ever in a single year.
Providence breaks ground on behavioral health crisis center in Anchorage that aims to keep people out of emergency room
The center will have space for 24 people who need mental health and substance-use stabilization.
ConocoPhillips says court case is likely do-or-die for Alaska’s Willow oil project
Willow would be the first large project constructed in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
This remote Alaska island is home to hundreds of feral cattle. But should it be?
Some have wondered whether Chirikof Island, trampled by hooves, should instead be returned to seabirds that could desperately use more habitat.
Strong winds in Anchorage lead to power outages and downed trees
As of 5 p.m., the highest recorded gust in the Anchorage area was around 70 mph near Potter Marsh.
HUD Secretary Fudge meets with rural and urban Alaskans to discuss housing struggles
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, who accompanied Secretary Marcia Fudge on her visit, underscored that Alaska is different from much of the country.
Alaska education board bans trans athletes from girls’ high school sports
The change will apply to all public high schools in the state competing under the Alaska School Activities Association.
HUD announces $7.5M for Kenaitze and Salamatof housing project
The money will fund an 18-unit elder housing project in Kenai.
Mat-Su Borough welcomes Alaska’s biggest solar farm
The 8.5 megawatt solar array is expected to power about 1,400 homes, and has already begun feeding energy into the Matanuska Energy Association grid.