GCI mobile customers in Bethel demand answers after weeks of call issues
The telecom firm says the problem is now fixed. But business owners say they've been hurt by spotty service for incoming calls in April.
Orphaned Bear Cub Finds Temporary Home At Alaska Zoo
An orphaned bear cub from the Eagle area is at the Alaska Zoo. The young black bear will be kept at the facility in Anchorage, while a search is conducted for a permanent home.
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Rain, Little Wind Helps Firefighters Combat Funny River Fire
Light rain and little wind has helped keep the Funny River fire from growing much for the past two days. It is 30 percent contained and as of Wednesday afternoon, it is estimated to have burned more than 183,000 acres on the central Kenai Peninsula.
Agency Declines to Continue Research Investigation
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says it has found no misconduct in research by an Alaska scientist who wrote a 2006 paper on drowned polar bears and was subsequently investigated.
Book Makes Case For US, Canada Merger
The United States and Canada are friendly neighbors with many common cultural and business interests. A new book suggests that partnership should be formalized. The title: Merger of the Century - Why Canada and America Should Become One Country, succinctly defines the premise. Author and dual citizen Diane Francis says because Canada has vast, undeveloped resources but scant population and military, it needs the U.S. to help develop and protect what America also needs.
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UAF rehearses for active shooter event
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is training employees how to respond to a workplace violence.
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White House: No nation an island on Arctic science
Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments will convene on the White House tomorrow to discuss rapid changes in the Arctic. “The Arctic is ... a preview of what is coming our way in the rest of the world," says Mark Brzezinski, the top White House liaison to the region. Listen Now
Touring by Tesla: From The Mexico Border to Fairbanks
Guy Hall is an electric car evangelist. He drove from the California-Mexico border to Fairbanks in a Tesla Model S, and stopped by KTOO in Juneau to let a reporter take his wheels for a spin.
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Unalaska’s Wildlife Troopers To Remain Short-Staffed
A recently vacated Wildlife Trooper post in Unalaska is staying empty for now. It means staffing levels will be unconventionally low in the town that's home to the patrol vessel Stimson.
Commission Proposing $50,000 Pay Raise for Governor
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The Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission is proposing a $50,000 pay increase for Governor Sean Parnell. It had a hearing Tuesday that was...
Amalga Distillery in Juneau is making hand sanitizer for organizations in need
One Juneau distillery has gone from serving cocktails to serving its community in a different way: making hand sanitizer.
12-Year-Old Fairbanks Boy’s Death Ruled An Accident
Fairbanks police say the death of a 12-year-old boy by gunshot was an apparent accident. Malik Boykins on Wednesday was visiting a home near Fort Wainwright when he was hit in the head by a bullet from a .40-caliber handgun fired by another 12-year-old boy, who lives at the home.
Eielson Air Force Base Investigates Potential Ground Water Contamination
Ground water contamination at Eielson Air Force Base may have spread off the facility. The Air Force has contacted private property owners in the nearby Moose Creek area offering to test well water for presence of a chemical presumed to be from firefighting foam formerly used at the base.
Millennium Passengers Call 911, Worried About ‘Riot’
The Celebrity cruise ship Millennium returned to Ketchikan Sunday night after mechanical problems. Police responded to the ship late Tuesday night following reports of unruly passengers.
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Marine Highway's 'Columbia' engines in worse shape than expected
The Columbia's engines are in worse shape than officials thought when they pulled the ferry out of service. The 625-passenger ship was tied up...
Fairbanks Man Builds Militia to Protect the Constitution
The Fairbanks man who started the 2nd Amendment Task Force says it’s spawned a local army, and grassroots support across the country. Schaeffer...
49 Voices: Laurie Fernandes of Anchorage
This week we’re hearing from Laurie Fernandes. Laurie moved to Anchorage with her husband and children last June from Houston, TX. "People do a lot outside in Houston, but I think we just felt it was a great opportunity with work to come up and a great opportunity for the family to see a different side of life and explore and have so many different experiences." Download Audio
Anchorage Assembly takes no action on Mayor Bronson’s request to expand Sullivan shelter capacity
Assembly members did not opt to put the proposal to a vote on Tuesday.
AK: Alaska Native Dancing Tradition
Over the past several decades, there’s been a renaissance in Alaska Native traditional dancing. KNBA’s Joaqlin Estus recently visited with one of the founders of an Inupiaq dance group in Anchorage, who told her about his personal journey toward tradition.
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Alaska’s first investigator focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people is a veteran of the troopers
Anne Sears had been retired after 22 years in law enforcement, as the first Alaska Native woman to serve as an Alaska State Trooper.