Anchorage Assembly Seeks to Add LBGT Clause To Anti-Discrimination Code
The Anchorage Assembly is trying again to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city's anti-discrimination ordinances. Assembly member Bill Evans filed the amendments Thursday. They'll take public comment on Sept. 15.
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Troopers Look For A Bear Impersonator Caught Approaching Cubs Near Haines
A man dressed in a bear costume was reported to state troopers this week for harassing a sow and bear cubs on the Chilkoot River.
Sled Dog Fatally Gored By Muskox Outside Nome
A grimly familiar sight to Nome dog owners returned with the fatal goring of a local musher’s dog by a bull muskox Wednesday.
Earthquake swarm hits Yakutat
About 30 earthquakes have hit the Yakutat area this week. The Gulf of Alaska city, about 250 miles northwest of Juneau, is in a fault zone and quakes aren’t unusual.
Giant cruise ship to (briefly) almost double Unalaska’s population
Unalaska’s population could nearly double Sept. 15 when the Celebrity Millennium docks here. Community leaders are worried enough, they’re holding a town hall meeting on how to handle—and help—the onslaught of tourists.
Anchorage teen who hit, killed cyclist in court Friday
An Anchorage teen who ran over a cyclist with a pickup truck and drove away will soon find out whether her plea agreement will be accepted, putting her behind bars for up to three years.
Ex-police officer, US Coast Guard officer accused of fraud
A former Southeast Alaskan police officer and an Alaska-based U.S. Coast Guard officer have been indicted for defrauding the state's Permanent Fund Dividend system.
VA secretary pays tribute to WWII Alaska Native militia
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald has paid tribute to those who served in the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II.
Coast Guard files charges against Portland protesters
The U.S. Coast Guard says it is fining five Greenpeace protesters $5,000 each for dangling from a bridge over the Willamette River and blocking a Royal Dutch Shell icebreaker from leaving Portland for an Arctic drilling operation.
Bering Air buys eight new planes to replace older Caravans
Bering Air is upgrading its fleet with eight brand-new airplanes — Cessna Caravans worth about $2.5 million dollars each.
Alakanuk woman killed in ATV crash
A woman has died in Alakanuk after crashing an ATV into a shipping container. Alaska State Troopers say 21-year-old Cecila Chikigak of Alakanuk was driving fast near the city office when she left the roadway, crashed, and was thrown from the ATV.
Rookery’s Beau Schooler wins national seafood competition
Juneau chef Beau Schooler was crowned “Best Seafood Chef” at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off this weekend in New Orleans. He was one of 12 competing chefs from all over the country. He won with a dish that only had one main ingredient – Alaska wild salmon.
President Obama: Alaskans Are On the Front Lines Of Climate Change
Alaska is ground zero for climate change -- that's the message of a new video issued by the White House discussing president Obama's upcoming visit to the Last Frontier.
City Hires Homelessness Coordinator Using State Funds
The city's new mayor is taking quick steps towards leveraging State resources that may fix what many in Anchorage see as an intractable urban issue.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Former YKHC Network Manager Indicted for Child Porn Distribution; Berkowitz Moves to Unravel The 'Gordian Knot' of City's Homelessness Problem; Shell Ready To Drill For Arctic Oil As Delayed Icebreaker Arrives; Looking (And Listening) For Alaska's Rarest Whale; As The Final Dock Pilings are Drilled, a Hoonah Controversy is Put to Rest; Marijuana Regulators Run Low on Time And Money; A Two-Wheeled Crusade Against Transphobia Hits the Road
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Former YKHC Network Manager Indicted for Child Porn Distribution
A former computer network manager at the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is accused of possessing and distributing vast amounts of child pornography.
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Shell ready to drill for Arctic oil as delayed icebreaker arrives
Shell’s wayward icebreaker made it to the company’s Arctic Ocean drilling site Tuesday. The arrival of the Fennica after a month’s delay means the company could get to drill for oil beneath the Chukchi Sea this summer.
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Looking (And Listening) For Alaska’s Rarest Whale
Researchers are cruising the Gulf of Alaska on the lookout for one of the world’s rarest animals: the North Pacific right whale.
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As the final dock pilings are drilled, a Hoonah controversy is put to rest
The final pilings for a new cruise ship dock are being driven at a Hoonah tourist attraction, marking an end to the nearly decade-long saga that divided the community. The publicly financed dock is being built where it serves a local Native corporation’s interests, only indirectly benefiting residents — although many are also shareholders.
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Marijuana Regulators Run Low on Time and Money
The group setting up Alaska's rules for commercial marijuana is on pace to finish regulations by a November 24th deadline. But just barely.
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