Wreckage of crashed Alaska sightseeing plane recovered
The wreckage of a sightseeing plane that crashed near Ketchikan last month, killing all nine people onboard, has been recovered.
Woman fatally shoots herself outside Seward prison
A woman is dead after corrections officers say they saw her shoot herself in the head when the prison didn't meet her demands for inmates to be released.
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 27, 2015
Elections Director Resigns Abruptly at Lt. Gov's Request; Berkowitz Transition Report Draws on Community, Corporate Solutions Alike; Erosion Along the Matanuska Continues to Imperil Homes; Dead Fish, Wildlife In Aleutians May Be Victims Of Toxic Algae Outbreak; Forgiving Without Forgetting: A Tlingit Village Up in Smoke; Denali Wolf Hunt Nears Opening, Despite Low Population Numbers; Groups Seek Halt to POW Wolf Hunting, Logging
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Division of Elections director resigns at Lt. Governor’s request
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott has asked the state's Division of Elections director Gail Fenumiai to resign. Claire Richardson is special assistant to Mallott. She says they accepted Fenumiai's resignation on Friday.
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Berkowitz Transition Report Draws on Community, Corporate Solutions Alike
The Berkowitz Administration released an ambitious set of policy aims for Anchorage over the next three years, many representing a dramatic departure from the last administration's approach to the same problems.
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7 Homes Imperiled By Erosion on the Matanuska River
The state Department of Transportation is taking emergency action to start work on protecting the Glenn Highway from Matanuska River waters North of Sutton. State Representative Jim Colver says he viewed the damage from river erosion Monday, and has requested emergency help from DOT.
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Dead Fish, Wildlife In Aleutians May Be Victims Of Toxic Algae Outbreak
Scientists have been receiving reports of dead and dying whales, birds and small fish in the Aleutian Islands. They think it might be from toxic algae proliferating, thanks to unusually warm ocean temperatures.
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Forgiving Without Forgetting: A Tlingit Village Up in Smoke
In 1962, the Douglas Indian Village was set ablaze to make way for a new harbor. This month marks 53 years since the city displaced households of Tlingit T’aaku Kwáan families. Little to no restitution has ever been offered.
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Denali Wolf Hunt Nears Opening Despite Low Population Numbers
Wolf hunting season is scheduled to open next month in and around Denali National Park, despite record low wolf numbers. This spring, Park biologists counted fewer than 50 Denali wolves, heightening a long running battle over the popularly viewed animals.
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Groups seek halt to POW wolf hunting, logging
Citing a state study that shows a sharp decline in the wolf population on Prince of Wales Island and surrounding islands, six conservation groups have asked state and federal officials to take steps to help preserve the remaining animals.
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Ex-Senator, Troubled Airline Promise Unalaskans Improved Service
Unalaska got a visit from a former senator on Wednesday. Former U.S. Senator Mark Begich came to town to do some public relations work for Grant Aviation.
UAS names director of Ketchikan campus as interim provost
The University of Alaska Southeast has announced Priscilla Schulte as this school year's interim provost, while the search for a permanent provost is expected to begin in August.
Protesters greet damaged Shell icebreaker as it arrives in Oregon for repairs
Environmental activists in Portland are protesting the arrival of the Fennica, a vessel that Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to use in its Arctic offshore drilling project after it's repaired.
Troopers: Chevak Man Admits to Murder of Roxanne Smart
Alaska State Troopers say a Chevak man has admitted to killing Roxanne Smart last summer. The announcement was made Saturday through an online dispatch that they had arrested 20-year-old Samuel Atchak, of Chevak.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 24, 2015
Matanuska River Claims A Home Plus 3 Other Structures; Mallott: US-Canada Commission Won’t Take Up BC Mines; Despite Stiff Competition, Alaska Airlines Logs Record Profits; Fairbanks Voters To Decide on 5% Pot Tax; Bethel Appeals ABC Rejection of Liquor License Protest, Could Bring Decision To A Vote; In Remote Alaska, High-Speed Internet Comes By Land - Not Satellite; Village of Wales Starts Polar Bear Patrol to Protect Community; 49 Voices: Verna Haynes of Anchorage; AK: An 80-Year Love Affair With Flowers Still Blossoms
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Matanuska River Claims A Home Plus 3 Other Structures
The Matanuska River has taken a toll on personal property in the Sutton area in recent days. One 16-by-20 foot home has fallen into the river, and three other outbuildings have also toppled into the water, so far.
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Mallott: US-Canada Commission Won’t Take Up BC Mines
Alaska critics of British Columbia mines probably won’t get any help from a cross-boundary panel they’ve asked to take on their concerns.
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Despite Stiff Competition, Alaska Airlines Logs Record Profits
Delta Air Lines continues to expand on Alaska's home turf. Alaska Air Group CEO Brad Tilden told Wall Street analysts his carrier is "doubling down" on service to hold its rival at bay.
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Fairbanks Voters To Decide on 5% Pot Tax
City of Fairbanks voters will consider a 5 percent sales tax on marijuana. The city council has approved putting the proposed retail tax before voters in the October municipal election. The tax is an effort to tap unknown revenue that legalized marijuana sales could provide.
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Bethel Appeals ABC Rejection of Liquor License Protest, Could Bring Local Option Decision to Vote
The Bethel City Council is appealing the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s rejection of their protest of the Bethel Native Corporation’s package liquor store application. The council met in executive session Thursday evening for three and a half hours.
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