WWF Canada calls for polar bear hunt moratorium
World Wildlife Fund Canada is calling for a moratorium on the polar bear hunt in Baffin Bay. The environmental activist group sent a letter...
Alaska’s cold climate ‘luck’ with three consecutive La Niña years is about to run out
National Weather Service climate researcher Brian Brettschneider says Alaska has been lucky to have two back-to-back La Niña years. That's about to change.
Alaska Airlines Flights Delayed, Cancelled Due To Computer Problem
Alaska Airlines suffered a computer glitch Monday that caused long lines in Seattle and Anchorage, as travelers faced delays and cancelled flights. According to the airline’s spokeswoman, Maryanne Lindsey, the network outage was caused by the airline’s internet provider Sprint, after a fiber network cable was cut in the Midwest.
Many Alaska charter school principals oppose Dunleavy’s plan for state approval option
Alaska charter principals say they greatly favor the existing local control of school districts.
The push to hire locally in AK
The number of nonresident workers in Alaska surpassed the number of residential workers in 2014. What's causing this statistic and what can be done to encourage local hiring within the state? This week's Alaska Edition tackles these questions and looks at the legality of policies aiming to increase the number of Alaskan workers.
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Fish and Game still finalizing budget
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is still finalizing a plan to for the most recent cut to its budget, but Bristol Bay shouldn’t see too many more cuts, said Commercial Fisheries Director Jeff Regnart during a recent visit to Dillingham
Bristol Bay red salmon market shifting from Japan to the U.S.
For decades Japan has dominated the market for Bristol Bay salmon. Most of the reds were either canned or frozen whole with their heads...
Remembering Kurt Brodersen, the ‘MacGyver of Union Bay’
Broderson was rescued from the boat he was living on last November after it sank in a storm.
Fire in Yukon Flats village of Beaver takes out power plant
State agencies are helping the village of Beaver following a fire that destroyed the community's power plant. The State's Emergency Communications Center at Ft....
Lynn Canal herring under review for possible threatened/endangered listing
Federal fisheries officials are examining the status of Pacific herring stocks in Lynn Canal. If research shows the small fish in trouble, they could...
Angoon Recall Effort Appears Unsuccessful
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
An attempt to remove Angoon Mayor Albert Howard from office appears to have failed, based on preliminary election returns...
RUNNING: U.S. Senate Candidates
On Wednesday evening, October 22 we broadcast candidate interviews with the major U.S. Senate candidates. All interviews are presented below. Incumbent Senator Ted...
Sec. Moniz: We Won’t Be Obstacle to Alaska Gas Exports
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz is in Alaska this week. He says the Obama Administration wants to spur a project to export North Slope natural gas, and he says the No. 1 way his department can help is by staying out of the way.
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Nature: Superfish
They slice through the water’s surface with explosive power — sail, spear and half a ton of muscle flashing in the sun. Their journeys through the open ocean are epic, their life cycle, bizarre. They are the billfish — marlin, sailfish, spearfish and swordfish — largest and most highly prized of all gamefish. Their astonishing story has never been fully told. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and biologist Rick Rosenthal brings a lifetime of experience with these astonishing sea creatures to the screen as he observes tiny billfish nurseries in the wild, dives deep into secret undersea canyons, films incredible color-changing behavior and embarks on a quest for an elusive thousand-pound “grander.”
KAKM: Wednesday, 6/20 at 7:00pm
State Will Accept $20 Million for Transportation Projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation found hundreds of millions dollars which went unspent over three years. Alaska will receive more than $20 million of previously allocated money for transportation projects.
49 Voices: Gina Hays of Anchorage
This week we're hearing from Gina Hays, born and raised in Anchorage. Hays works for KRUA, the University of Alaska Anchorage's college radio station as the marketing coordinator. Listen now
4 Canadians suspected of crimes after boating to Fort Yukon
Troopers say the boaters were questioned Friday after traveling down the Porcupine River. They may face charges including human smuggling.
Tlingit-Haida and State Sign Agreement to Improve Relationship
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the State of Alaska signed a Memorandum of Agreement yesterday signifying a new level of communication and cooperation.
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Alaska legislators end face mask mandate in Capitol
Legislators and others in the Capitol are no longer required to wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Quakers formally apologize to Alaska Native communities for residential schools
Members of the Alaska Friends Conference of the Religious Society of Friends formally read the apology out loud on Friday at the former site of the Quaker-established mission school, which is now Sayéik Gastineau elementary school.